Racer and the Jailbird (2017)

Racer and the Jailbird: Directed by Michaël R. Roskam. With Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux. Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.

“This movie completely lacks cohesion and Iu0026#39;m in agreement with a couple of other reviewers here who have said itu0026#39;s a shambles. Roskam worked magic with the marvellous Matthias Schoenaerts (who tried his damndest to make this work) in Bullhead and The Drop, but frankly this just failed. It sprawled itself over three u0026quot;actsu0026quot;, the first of which was quite exciting and showed promise but thatu0026#39;s where it stopped. The two hours plus running time felt like five.”