this wouldn't matter so much if the movie was at least entertaining, but it's not unless Laurence Fishburne is making a fool of himself. "Running with the Devil"? More like dying with the devil from boredom
it purports to be an incisive look at the complexities of the international cocaine trade; in reality, it's a tiresome parade of gory and sexist cliches that are, frankly, insulting to a cast that includes Laurence Fishburne, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg
fascinating but flawed, This crime procedural is consistently fascinating as it charts the minutiae of the drug business -- but it also tries to be a bit too clever and neglects the characters in the process
a circle-of-life smuggling film that's mostly lifeless; the film nevertheless plays like a flowchart in search of a pulse, a drama whose "Traffic"-like ambitions aren't matched by narrative inspiration
by Robert Kojder [Flickering Myth ]
by Sara Stewart [New York Post ]
by Jeffrey M. Anderson [Common Sense Media ]
