Free Fire (2017)

Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Noah Taylor. [R]

After an arms deal goes wrong, a dozen or so crooks and killers shoot at each other in a decrepit warehouse for an hour-and-a-half. Riotous style and tongue-in-cheek dark humor serves the mayhem, and mayhem is all it is. The cast is game for this smart-mouthed B-movie time-killer, but it starts wearing thin pretty quickly, and it would’ve been nice if they’d given us at least one character to actually care about. Set in the 1970s, although the bad fashion and an 8-track player in a van is about all there is for an onscreen reminder. Co-executive produced by Martin Scorsese.

51/100