Mojave (2016)

A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter. The worst thing about Mojave is that it makes zero sense i mean there are scenes where Garrett Hedlund is shouting and even a scene where he shoots the sheriff by an accident or crashed his car in the desert and let's talk about Oscar Isaac's performance in this film he looks like a bad rapper gone wrong that came out of Mad Max: Fury Road he was annoying and weird and if you thought that his performance in X-Men: Apocalypse was worse than this then there's something pretty wrong here. Anyways overall this movie was weird, boring and pretty much dull and badly made. (0/10)

William Monahan is the man who wrote the screenplay for the Oscar nominated 'The Departed' back in 2006. The film was more of an extended version of the original 'Infernal affairs' He also wrote 'Body of lies 2008' which starred Leonardo Di Caprio. It appears this time round Mr Monahan decided to not put much effort in his script and delivered a very half baked product. The movie happens to also be directed and produced by him too. In spite of being well aware of it's bad reviews and low rating I decided to give it a chance , hoping in vain it would be worth the time. Unfortunately to my surprise this turned out to be one of the worst movies I had ever seen. It's no surprise why it had to be screened at film festivals before it got it's theatrical release.Towards the second I felt like I was watching a homage to Hitchcock's 'Strangers on a train'. But to even compare would be an insult. The only redeeming element of the movie was Oscar Isaac. Whenever he appears your attention will be grabbed again. Both characters were lacking any development so I was unable to emotional connect with either. The pace of the movie is very slow and the conversations are boring. Even Mark Wahlberg's cameo is not enough to save this bore fest. And the climax was just played out pathetically. I don't think Mr Monahan cares whether the film was a success or not. I guess he can be happy from the basic foot fall in to the theatre. Save your precious time and see something else.

Mojave (2016) is simply just a bland and boring movie. I wouldn't necessarily call it a snoozefest, but I definitely had a hard time paying attention. Everything here feels perfectly mediocre, nothing is overwhelmingly good, but nothing is overwhelmingly bad. The directing is pretty flat and lifeless. I wouldn't say that anything caught my eye or even peaked my interest. The writing is pretty decent, and there are some very good lines of dialogue. However, a lot of that dialogue is out of place. A character would say a very witty line, but it would really have no context for that particular scene. The acting is also decent, with Oscar Isaac being the highlight. Still, it was still pretty funny to hear him call literally every single living thing he meets "brother". With all that being said, 'Mojave' is extremely forgettable. I would personally not suggest it, on the basis that most who watch it will forget it within a week. A24 is honestly one of the best and most consistently good independent film companies working right now, so this was extremely disappointing coming from them.

What a mess. I'm not gonna pick the movie apart because it would take too long. My problem is with the 2 main characters. The hero and the bad guy, both were portrayed to be certified "bad asses". How did they get to be so good with guns, has like a built in human tracking device in the head, cunning, intelligent, like trained cia operatives whatnot you name it. I have to mention this, so the sad hero goes into the desert drunk as sh** steals a rifle from a wandering bum after having a philosophical conversation because fk you, no time to explain, right? This bum happens to be some sort of serial killer. So the sad drunk hero goes into a cave to sleep, was awoken by something, I don't know fk you. Takes a split second to aim like 10 meters away and blam right on the money.How did the 2 main characters become so bad ass and can do remarkable things? We don't. They did not give in the important details. But what they did show us is that the suicidal protagonist is actually rich and famous. After the desert scene. What is he famous for? making film and sh**? How did he get to be that knowledgeable and stuff? We just don't fking know man. Then the bad guy, a washed up bum. Wow really? Well how the hell did he...Hold up! let me stop you there, we wont/don't fking know.Lol and the side characters (Matt Damon and the guy from The Shield) Both bad asses that smoke and drink all day But is more built that regular gym rats. One thing I know is that I did not enjoy the mess. But If you dare to watch it, you wouldn't know some things as well, ya know?