The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

Downs...

3. Tom Gormican's Generic Direction

Easily the biggest overall weakness of Massive Talent is the totally anonymous directing job from filmmaker Tom Gormican.

That's not to say that his direction is bad by any means, but simply that it's practical and pedestrian while lacking much of a stylistic identity of its own - it basically looks like a mid-budget TV series, which in era of countless glossy streaming shows doesn't really account for much.

There's a disappointing lack of truly memorable shots throughout the film, and it's blatantly apparent that Gormican, whose only other directing credit is the 2014 rom-com That Awkward Moment, doesn't have much experience helming action sequences.

The set-pieces are by far the most underwhelming aspect of the entire film on a technical level: there's none of the panache that define Cage's better prior action flicks, and it feels like most of it was just given to the second unit crew to deal with.

Again, not terrible by any means, but simply lacking inspiration and imagination.