Too Late is halfway decent noir story anchored by a more than decent lead, but it lets itself get swallowed by its gimmicks. The movie is presented as a series of five twenty-odd minute one-take shots, with mixed results. The opening segment has some neat tricks behind it, including getting star John Hawkes from one end of town to another while maintaining action at a fixed point, and the reveals in the last are effective. But not all of the actors are up to the task, and the reliance on the one-take structure don't do them any favours; many of the scenes in the second section, in particular, have a student-play vibe to them, despite the presence of known names like Robert Forster and Jeff Fahey (Dichen Lachman, however, acquits herself well as a twist on the no-nonsense stripper trope). The nonlinear structure also feels like an afterthought to add some unnecessary extra novelty. The sidebars the movie somehow finds time for don't always work, such as a pair of minor drug dealers with no real purpose other than to pad out the takes and the film's annoying insistence on using film itself as a source of dialogue far too often. If it lost its gimmicks and shed a bit of fat, Too Late has the bones of a good gumshoe flick, albeit one a bit too reliant on stuffing women in refrigerators.
Too Late
2015
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Too Late
2015
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Too Late gets swallowed by its impressive gimmick
Witty, Smart, and Excellent Acting
This is the L. A. I remember. This is also Raymond Chandler updated for the 21st Century. This is salvation for the stripper, and powerful women, and good-hearted people in a world full of sin. Don't miss this one if you like crime and/or Neo-Noir.
I ust can't enjoy this genre of movies, too slow and boring.
When I read about the plot it looked like something that could be good so I gave it a shot. I promised myself I wouldn't watch too much Film Noir anymore as most of the time it turns out to be disappointing. I hoped this one would be different but no it turned out to be exactly what I don't like about this genre. A story that is quite slow and so also boring to watch. The timeline goes back and forth, not really a thing I like either, so that's also a negative. The positive note would be the acting, that was good but not good enough to save this movie. I should just skip Film Noir altogether, it's just not my kind of soup.