10 Robert De Niro Movies That Suck More Than Dirty Grandpa
2. The Bag Man
Also known as The Carrier, this Tarantino wannabe sees John Cusacks hitman being tasked by crime boss De Niro to deliver a bag. Theres only one thing thats worse than watching a bad movie, and thats watching a really smug bad movie; one that thinks its really clever and well made when the opposite is true. The Bag Man is one such movie. The dialogue is self-consciously hip, striving for Pulp Fiction style quirkiness only to fall flat on its face. Despite a decent cast, none of the characters are worth investing in, with De Niro going full-on panto for the villain. He does his best with the ridiculous lines hes given, but even the greatest actor in the world can stop them sounding dumb; his hairstyle is kind of funny though. The Bag Man could have been a halfway decent noir thriller in an alternate universe; in this one, its another black mark on De Niros legacy.
