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No sudden move movie review9/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Set in 1954 Detroit, No Sudden Move centers on a gr. Everyone involved in this film deserves a pat on the back for a job well done (No Sudden Move’s only weak spot is the theft of the document, which requires a mini-Firewall with David Harbour in the Harrison Ford role this by-the-numbers set piece would be forgivable if only Soderbergh didn’t show an unjustified interest in this character’s family life long after he has outlived his usefulness). Available to own on Digital Download from October 10From director Steven Soderbergh comes No Sudden Move. It’s only in the final stretch, during an effective Damon cameo, that screenwriter Ed Solomon gives us a glimpse into the true depth of No Sudden Move, whose title ends up referring more to the filmmakers’ approach than to the characters’ actions. We assume almost by default that this is nothing more than a MacGuffin - the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, or the black bird in The Maltese Falcon - and the director is counting on this, because he in fact leaves us little choice there is so much going on in the foreground, so many twists and turns to keep track of, that we simply take the cause of it all for granted. ![]() Wisely, Soderbergh dothn’t protest too much instead, he hides what the movie really is about in plain sight, in the form of a document that Curt Goynes (Cheadle) and Ronald Russo (del Toro), a couple of petty criminals, steal, and which various individuals of dubious moral fiber are willing to pay, and even kill, for. (HBO Max) By Josh Rottenberg Staff Writer J5 PM PT Warning: The following article includes plot details from the entirety of the HBO Max movie No Sudden Move. ![]() In noir, the heroes tend to be sleazy compromised men, and on that score No Sudden Move doesn’t disappoint. It’s like Kevin Spacey’s final scene in The Usual Suspects, except here it’s the film itself that turns out to be Keyser Söze. He has also made a movie in which everyone is double-crossing everyone. From the very title down to just before the closing credits, we never for a second think we’re doing anything other than watching a typical Soderberghian thriller however, the skillful filmmaker has an ace up his sleeve, which he does not reveal until the very end. More importantly, No Sudden Move is subtle and cunning. No Sudden Move could’ve been THE movie of the summer, had screenwriter Ed Men in Black Solomon figured out an exit strategy. Nearly two hours long, No Sudden Move might actually be close to too much of a good thing, but it’s definitely a marked improvement over Let Them All Talk, Soderbergh’s previous film (it’s also a lot better than his follow-up, Kimi). No film can be bad that has been directed, photographed and edited by Steven Soderbergh, and stars Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin, the late great Ray Liotta, Bill Duke, and Matt Damon. ![]()
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