Capone Review: 4 Ups & 5 Downs

Downs...

5. Josh Trank's Mediocre Direction

Given that Josh Trank's debut Chronicle demonstrated his sure filmmaking chops at a relatively low budget, there was definite interest in seeing how the director would fare when returning to that level after being thoroughly burned on the huge-scale production of Fantastic Four.

But sadly anyone hoping for a punkrock Capone movie from Trank will likely be disappointed at just how flat and ordinary Trank's approach to the material is, even with some of the script's more surreal flourishes (which we'll get to shortly).

Despite the film's solid technicals, Trank's shot selections more often than not feel totally basic, lacking in the cinematic flair you'd expect from, well, any movie starring Tom Hardy, and suggesting that the film was always better suited for a VOD release rather than a theatrical bow.

There's desperately little personality or passion to the filmmaking on offer here, and even in its weirder moments, it feels oddly generic and run-of-the-mill.