The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers went far below my expectations and bored my dad and I to death.

The Sisters Brothers open up to a gun fight between Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly) along with his brother, Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix), as they fight to kill their target. The Sisters Brothers act as hitmen for a guy called, The Commodore. They are instructed to go and kill a chemist named, Hermann Kermit Warm (Riz Ahmed).
So I went into this film expecting to go and see a fun western movie, and what I go was a borefest. Granted the opening scene was good and the action was fine. However, the film just goes downhill after that. It takes to long to get the ball rolling and at one point it feels like they abandoned the plot altogether in the film. There is so much wasted potential in this movie I'm honestly shocked by how bad it really was. I saw this in an AMC Theater, and they are already overpriced, but this movie was not worth the ticket for admission it was printed on! Honestly it feels like they just pumped out this movie for a quick buck.
I like John C. Reilly, and there are other films that he's in that I enjoyed, but he doesn't bring much into this film. Yet his character Eli, is one of the better acted characters. Riz Ahmed seemed familiar to me and when I watched this film, I swear that I saw him in something else, and lo and behold, I have. Riz is not a bad actor, he just chose a bad film. Joaquin Phoenix is an alright actor in this movie, and he remains static throughout.
Towards the end of the film, the action gets kinda dull as it was like the filmmakers were running out of ideas just to keep the film going as long as they could. Honestly this movie should have been cut at least a half hour in length. For the most part the camera work was fine, and the music was slightly forgettable.
Would I recommend seeing this movie? It might be good to watch if you're having trouble sleeping and you need something to help you drift off to more pleasant dreams, because The Sisters Brothers is one movie I want to fade away.

final score: 2.3/5

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