To bad audiences stayed away from this very entertaining film that takes that old warhorse the private eye film and adds some amusing twists and turns to it.
Ryan Gossling and Russell Crowe play private investigators who initially seem completely incompatible. They team up to solve the case of a missing teenage girl and during the investigation find themselves part of a bigger conspiracy involving the auto industry. In fact there is really a third member of this team, Gossling's 13 year old daughter played by Angourie Rice who it turns out is smarter than Gossling and Crowe when it comes to unraveling this mystery.
The writer/director Shane Black along with Anthony Bagarozzi knows his way around private eye stories with a twist of humor black or otherwise. The film has some very funny and violent situations and even the bad guys get clever lines to say.
It's unfortuate the film wasn't more financially successful as it would have been fun to see another team up between Shane Black, Ryan Gossling, Russell Crowe and Angourie Rice. The running time is 116 minutes.
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