i think that rating i dropped says it all 💀

I’m not gonna lie, I’m kinda disappointed. I thought I was gonna love this - I mean, look at the two leads. But unfortunately, what I got was a story that I had very little investment in. The performances in here are pretty fantastic, and there are some powerful moments sprinkled throughout, but I guess that’s where my pros end.
Wright kills it here production/aesthetic wise, and once again proves he has just such killer music taste while in the game right now. Sadly, this is close to the definition of a “downhill-going” film. Starts out incredibly intriguing, particularly with the introduction of Anya Taylor-Joy’s character, who far and away gives the best performance in the entire film. It’s just one of those cases where the third act falls completely flat in a mainly thematic sense and kinda ruins a majority of the movie for me, which was already starting to get bogged down with pacing issues and a muddled screenplay midway through.
Probably my least favourite Mann work as of right now, but it’s still pretty solid. The film’s visuals and music are top-notch as with any other of Mann’s films, and I thought that third act was amazing and tight as hell. But personally, I wasn’t as invested with the both the story and characters as much as I hoped, which took away most of my enjoyment with the movie. Man, I really wanted to love this, but unfortunately, a majority of…