‘Just Play Dead’ Review: Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green Get Shady in a Dated, Tortuous Crime Comedy

FilmNews newsroom brief · 1h ago · 1 min read · via variety.com

“Just Play Dead” is a film that seems to come from a bygone, post-“Pulp Fiction” era where studios gobbled up any story involving charismatic criminals perpetrating deadly but kinda funny schemes to outwit and/or murder their counterparts. There’s a reason this subgenre fizzled —

“Just Play Dead” is a film that seems to come from a bygone, post-“Pulp Fiction” era where studios gobbled up any story involving charismatic criminals perpetrating deadly but kinda funny schemes to outwit and/or murder their counterparts. There’s a reason this subgenre fizzled — This story matters for Culture, Style & Media readers tracking film. Reported by variety.com. Read the full original at the source link below.

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