The Counselor has a pretty amazing cast, all led by a legendary director. The story follows the “counselor”himself played by Michael Fassbender, as he begins a new life with his new fiance, but before he can embark on this new life, he must complete this drug trafficking deal, as well as open a new club with his partner played by Javier Bardem. Hopefully you read that brief synopsis right, because once you start watching the movie, you have NO idea what the hell is going on.
With the all the actors in this movie, and Ridley Scott leading them, you would expect maybe an Oscar driven flick. Instead you get the complete opposite. This movie was poorly executed, and it all stems from the piss poor screenplay. I cannot contemplate how all these actors after reading the script, were onboard to shoot this convoluted story that does not make much sense. You honestly have to read into the story of this Counselor before you watch this movie, or else you will be lost from beginning to end. The character of the counselor is just kind of connected to the rest of the characters of the movie for reasons of being some kind of lawyer to them. As he tries to make a better life for himself by getting involved with drug trafficking, and becoming a part owner to a night club, you really start scratching your head on why he is trying to do so. There is absolutely no character development for any of the characters in this story. Fassbender’s character as the counsleor is a bit of a push over, and you have to try an figure out why is he getting involved with drug trafficking when it seems like he is already well off as this lawyer type guy. Cameron Diaz’s character you can tell right off the bat, is a huge bitch, but you really do not find out why. You just find out that she likes to have sex with cars. Yes, you read that correctly. SHE LIKES TO HAVE SEX WITH CARS.
The performances in the movie are actually not bad at all. Everyone, except for Cameron Diaz, does a pretty good job for the material they were handed. Diaz just does not cut the mustard at all. I hae never thought of her with acting chops, and this movie displays that immensely. The script is something that should have been rewritten five more times…AT LEAST! Even the directing did not have the Ridley Scott stamp on it, and I almost feel like he just phoned it in, or let some amateur director give it a try.
This film is one to pass up my friends, because it is easily forgettable, and will just die off in cinema Hell. I found the muscle twitch I had in one of my abs more entertaining as I was watching the entire film. Even though you are supposed to root for Fassbender’s character, you do not know enough about him to even think about that. He just gets pushed over a lot, and when the crap really hits the fan, he cries his eyes out to where you can literally see the snot and slobber dripping out of his face. Let me know if you saw the flick, and what you thought about it.