Overview
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
I think the premise of the movie is actually really clever: there is an Agatha Christie movie inside of an Agatha Christie movie. The opening minutes of the movie are actually quite good. The problem with this movie is everything after the beginning of the movie. It very much feels like the director thought that he could just roll the balls onto the proverbial court and he would have a basketball game. The movie was filled with all of the normal trappings of a murder-mystery but they just didn’t add up. The parts were definitely better than the sum. I never felt any real intrigue, nor did I feel the movie building to a climax. it tried to be quirky and that felt wrong also. It ended up feeling like a cheap imitation of an Agatha Christie play.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews See How They Run
Movie title: See How They Run
Movie description: In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Date published: 2023-03-25
Director(s): Tom George
Actor(s): Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Cooper, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Pearl Chanda, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, David Oyelowo, Shirley Henderson, Paul Chahidi, Lucian Msamati, Angus Wright, Tim Key, Gregory Cox, Maggie McCarthy, Ania Marson, Philip Desmeules, Laura Morgan, Tolu Ogunmefun, Kieran Hodgson
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Thriller
My Review
I think the premise of the movie is actually really clever: there is an Agatha Christie movie inside of an Agatha Christie movie. The opening minutes of the movie are actually quite good. The problem with this movie is everything after the beginning of the movie. It very much feels like the director thought that he could just roll the balls onto the proverbial court and he would have a basketball game. The movie was filled with all of the normal trappings of a murder-mystery but they just didn’t add up. The parts were definitely better than the sum. I never felt any real intrigue, nor did I feel the movie building to a climax. it tried to be quirky and that felt wrong also. It ended up feeling like a cheap imitation of an Agatha Christie play.
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My Review - 5/10
5/10