I watched and read a lot of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot etc... I saw the twist coming at the beginning. So there went that aspect. Next was the lame attempt at subtle political commentary. That failed. Then you look at the director's previous work and the movie feels tired. The reason I give this any stars is because the a tors were ok, the camera work was great, the set was awesome, and that's it. It's pretty but that's about it. Just like looper, it was more about style and ideas than actual plot. Both films felt forced and underwhelming. Don Johnson was decent, I didn't mind Daniel Craig's hammy performance, and Ana De Harmas was decent.