Freddy Sullivan (Colson Baker) is in trouble. He stole a bag full of cash and drugs from criminal boss Victoria Menendez (Drea de Matteo). He's been shot. He boards a late night bus to get out of town. Fred Sullivan Sr. (Kevin Bacon) is his criminal father.
This is trying to be a crime noir. Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly does fine. Mostly, I felt struck on the bus with the guy. I do get the possibility of building tension within a closed space. This one feels much more tedious and it doesn't work. It has to be the writing. I'm also not sure about the directions. It ends up feeling tiresome.
Plot summary
GOOD TIME MEEETS THE FRENCH CONNECTION ONE WAY is a Noir crime thriller in the same vein of the best of 1970's American cinema. Downtown Los Angeles, Present Day. FREDDY, a petty criminal , is on the run with a bag full of cash and coke. He's way over his head and hurt bad. With a bullet in his guts he's running out of time. FAST. If he doesn't get a blood transfusion in the next couple of hours he's dead meat. He's dead even quicker if VIC , the female Mexican drug baron he's stolen from catches him first. He hops on a GREYHOUND in skid row with a one way ticket to the deep California desert. His friends, Mac and JJ are not so lucky. Freddy tries every trick in the book and every meaningful relationship he has to get him out of this ever building boiler room. The bus becomes his purgatory. On board, one of the passengers don't appear to be what they seem while another , a teenage girl, walks herself into a dangerous and dark corner. As Freddy's time is running out he is faced with himself, his demons and what to do for his daughter and her mom, the love of his life. As well as saving the young girl on board ....and his own soul. There is only.......ONE WAY. The film draws inspiration from Friedkin's FRENCH CONNECTION, Safdie Bros.' GOOD TIME and De Palma's CARLITO'S WAY.
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somewhat tedious
Why Kevin?? Why!?!
You can tell that this is going to blow w/in the first 5 minutes of the movie. Whoever was responsible for editing and cinematography here really dropped the ball - and/or is straight out of film school. It is SO poorly shot and edited that it's hard to take seriously.
I am scared to see that Kevin Bacon is in this pile.... I really don't want him to go down the road with Bruce Willis and Nick Cage and do any movie that will pay $50 and a free breakfast. Let's hope Kevin did it because he knew someone on the production or because he was stoned out of his mind when he read the script.
This was a truly, truly underwhelming film in every possible regard.
One going nowhere...
The good: they tried to make something exciting and thrilling although they utterly failed at that.
The bad: the story. The story is just not credible and kinda tedious, however much they have tried to make it look thrilling, the story is an empty shell.
How long can I stay interested in a character travelling on a bus. ONLY if he were a great actor, this movie could have had some merit, but now it has none.
The actors aint bad, but definitely not great either. Kevin Bacon is a great actor and he does perform well (as usual) but he cant save this movie.
The story: a criminal has fled on a bus and now other criminals are chasing him. Lots of talk talk talk, little to none thrilling action.