10s Movie Review - Shimmer Lake

Director: Oren Uziel
Genre: Crime/ Drama/ Thriller
Runtime: 86 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Rainn Wilson, Ron Livingston, Rob Corddry, Stephanie Sigman, Mark Rendall, Wyatt Russell, Matthew Evans Landry, John Michael Higgins

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2020 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 36: A CRIME MOVIE

Description: A crime thriller told backwards – reversing day by day through a week – following a local sheriff’s (Benjamin Walker) quest to unlock the mystery of three small town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.

Review: The crime film “Shimmer Lake” tells us the reverse story of a bank robbery. The end of the film is the beginning and the beginning the end. Sheriff Zeke Sikes investigates the robbery, in which his brother Andy is involved. He gets help from his assistant and tow FBI-agents who prefer to do something else.
The plot isn’t original, but the way the story is told is. Otherwise it would be just another crime story. But sadly, it still is. Because the film isn’t all that special and very forgettable. Although it has a good cast, the acting isn’t that great and the dialogue feels like dialogue, instead of actual conversations that people would have in real life. It’s to scripted, if you understand why I mean.
I actually found the film rather boring an uneventful and I wouldn’t recommend it. The film could have been so much more.

Rating: 2/ 5