Criminal Activities (2015)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This was for the most part virtually identical to Suicide Kings is there any originality in movieland anywhere

I must say I was very sceptical about this movie as I'd never heard of it before, so seeing it was on TV I decided to look it up on here. A very low rating and a dubious start to the film did not fill me with confidence.However the more I watched the more enthralled I became. From early on you get the impression there is more to the story than meets the eye, and indeed there are numerous sub plots, this is not a movie to watch casually.The various twists and turns for the most part come totally out of the blue, but slowly combine to explain each other gradually, pulling you further in till the final ending which I must admit came as a total surprise to me...and ultimately left me with a big smile on my face and a movie that I fully enjoyed.

TO PERSON WHO ARE GOING TO SEE THE MOVE....This will give away a lot of it, so I suggest you read this AFTER you've seen the movie.I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. And I know it's only fiction, but the plan revealed at the end had some major flaws. How did the guy making the plan know the following stuff: 1. The guy behind the stock was going to be arrested? 2. The two friends not involved with the scam were going to be interested in investing in the stock? 2.Their two friends not involved in the scam were going to go along with the kidnapping plan and not go directly to the cops? 3.The kidnapping was going to be successful? This means:a. The guy being kidnapped wasn't going to be able to maneuver out of it especially since he had a gunb. The feds chasing them weren't going to be able to stop them? 4. The kidnappers uncle was going to offer a reward for his nephew? AND go through with it especially after he learned his nephew was a rat?

Four friends become four dumb criminals when a huge investment deal turns sour and realise that the money for the investment came from an underworld criminal boss who wants his money back.Noah (Dan Stevens), Zach (Michael Pitt), Warren (Christopher Abbott) and Bryce (Rob Brown) are offered a get out deal by mobster Eddie (John Travolta) who wants them to kidnap a rival gangster Marques, because he has kidnapped Eddie's niece and he would later wipe the slate clean.Gerry (Jackie Earle Haley) is a henchman for Eddie supposedly trying to locate Eddie's niece. The four of them kidnap the rival gangster and wait for further instructions. In the meantime Marques plays with their heads that causes tensions.Jackie Earle Haley directed the film as well as appearing in it. Travolta has a glorified cameo with his awful hairpiece and his presence makes you hark back to those twisty Tarantino type thrillers. There is a 'The Usual Suspects' type denouement which lifts the film from being truly dreadful but it is too little and too late for what is a humdrum and wearisome film.