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Title: Mostly Forgettable
Review: Stone is confusing. Not in a hard to follow like Inception kind of way, but why does this movie even exist kind of way. On the surface you would think it would make some big or profound statement about our prison system with Robert DeNiro playing a correctional officer overseeing to his final case involving the parole of Edward Norton who was in there for arson that killed his grandparents. Things get complicated when Milla Jovovich shows up as Norton's wife.None of the three characters are at all likeable as they intertwine, making no rooting interest in what happens next. By the time the movie starts to pick up near the end, there is a twist that just left me asking the screen, "why even bother?" Stone just completely goes nowhere. It tries to be some sort psychological thriller but forgot to include any actual thrills in the movie. If there was some deep subtext or meaning to Stone, it completely went over my head.
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