In a thriller there has to be a certain basis in reality for the viewer to be able to suspend disbelief.
First, the guy who loaned him the $400 mil... Why not just demand, or get offered, more return on the loan?
Next, there was trouble believing the relationship with the mistress. I kept asking what exactly was the attraction. Then they killed her off in one of the most bogus auto crashes I've seen on film.
Then he gets visited by the cop in his office. I'm doubting any detective could get in to see a billionaire without an appointment unless he had an arrest warrant.
What put it over the top was the lack of any semblance of reality in the legal proceedings. There is no way this all could have happened in the time stated. They had Jimmy in front of a Grand Jury in, what, 3 days after the incident?
The plot delivered one false point of conflict after another to artificially raise the tension level. It was just too unbelievable to carry the suspense.
First, the guy who loaned him the $400 mil... Why not just demand, or get offered, more return on the loan?
Next, there was trouble believing the relationship with the mistress. I kept asking what exactly was the attraction. Then they killed her off in one of the most bogus auto crashes I've seen on film.
Then he gets visited by the cop in his office. I'm doubting any detective could get in to see a billionaire without an appointment unless he had an arrest warrant.
What put it over the top was the lack of any semblance of reality in the legal proceedings. There is no way this all could have happened in the time stated. They had Jimmy in front of a Grand Jury in, what, 3 days after the incident?
The plot delivered one false point of conflict after another to artificially raise the tension level. It was just too unbelievable to carry the suspense.