Sleepless Film Review

Finished watching Sleepless, directed by Baran bo Odar and staring Jamie Foxx, T.I., Michelle Monaghan, David Harbour, Dermot Mulroney, Octavius J. Johnson and Scoot McNairy. The film opens in Las Vegas as police officers Vincent Downs (Jamie Foxx) and Sean Cass (T.I.) stealing a large amount of drugs from a transport before taking the case the next day at work. When the Vincent and Sean return to the crime scene after being given the case they are met by internal affairs investigators Jennifer Bryant (Michelle Monaghan) and Doug Dennison (David Harbour) who have gotten word of someone in the police force is working within the criminal underworld. When news of the stolen drugs finds its way to its owner Stanley Rubino (Dermot Mulroney), he organises the kidnapping of Vincent's son, Thomas (Octavius J. Johnson) as leverage with the intention that Vincent will return the drugs before mobster Rob Novak (Scoot McNairy) discovers that the drugs he's promised have been stolen. Overall this was a decent film as the action takes centre stage within the film that showcases some very good action set pieces. While there is just enough character development to give insight to each character's motive and background to make the supporting cast more than simply one dimensional. While Vincent reveal to be an undercover cop so early on feels that the majority of his character development was told in a few moments leaving any suspense of the film to come from the action set pieces within the film. 6/10.