Genre: Drama/ Crime/ Action
Runtime: 111 minutes
Year: 2020
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin
Description: When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) teams up with his no-nonsense roommate Hawk (Winston Duke) to take down criminals.
Review: After five years of imprisonment, former cop Spenser is a free man again. He ended up in jail for wanting to expose corruption within the police department. Because he doesn’t wat to stay in Boston due to this, he decides to leave for Arizona and become a truck driver. But when two cops are killed and he suspects foul play, he takes matter in his own hands and investigates the case.
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have a hard time saying goodbye to each other. They have worked together several times and “Spenser Confidential” marks their fifth collaboration.
I didn’t expect any kind of masterpiece or any originality. It’s a somewhat enjoyable film, when you don’t want to think to much. But my big problem with this film is the lack of focus. And with that I mean the focus on what genre it is. Sometimes the film feels like a crime drama, at times it’s a buddy-cop type of movie with some comedy and there are moments that “Spenser Confidential” is a rock hard action flick. It’s obvious they couldn’t find a balance between these genres and it’s really hard to define what it actually is. And with that, there is hardly any character development and the story is very predictable. And when it comes to characters, I found Cissy really annoying and she felt like a stereotypical Boston character instead of an actual human being.
At the end, they even hint to a sequel, which I would say no to. Because “Spenser Confidential” is, even though at times entertaining, not a very good film.
Rating: 2 / 5
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