The Bag Man

2014

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

27
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 46 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 22% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 17803 17.8K

motel crime boss

Plot summary

A criminal waits in a seedy motel for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.

Director

David Grovic Photo
David Grovic

Top cast

Robert De Niro Photo
Robert De Niro as Dragna
Danny Cosmo Photo
Danny Cosmo as Bishop
David Shumbris Photo
David Shumbris as Pike
Crispin Glover Photo
Crispin Glover as Ned
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
813.96 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 1
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by trublu215 5 / 10

Despite some good performances, this falls flat

At the start of The Bag Man, you get excited to see Cusack returning to his hit-man- persona ala Grosse Point Blank. Unfortunately, the film is nowhere near the caliber it should be. This is a film that rolls in dread and tries to put a Tarantino-esque spin on an age old storyline, needless to say, it doesn't work. As you watch the film and get further into the story, the central question of "what's in the bag" becomes less and less interesting and appealing. Despite a flat story, The Bag Man features strong performances from John Cusack and Rebecca De Costa which keeps the audience intrigued, even if the story doesn't. Robert De Niro can play a gangster in his sleep, so I can't exactly praise him for his performance here. Although, it is Robert De Niro so any screen presence he has is still good, just not as good as everybody wants him to be. The rest of the supporting cast, such as Crispin Glover and Dominic Purcell are mediocre, at best. Overall, this film doesn't quite work the way we want it to. It sags in the middle and then gets a pick-me-up at the end. It doesn't click like it should, which is frustrating considering the talent behind the film. The Bag Man wants to be the best Tarantino movie that Tarantino never made. Instead, it looks and feels like a cheap direct-to-DVD mess with an A-list cast.
Reviewed by forbes-terence 8 / 10

Good movie, would recommend

It was pretty good, reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino movie with John Cusack instead of Travolta. Thought he was really believable as Jack, the bag man who gets in over his head and has to change the rules and turn the game around.Robert De Niro was great as usual, this part was totally in his wheelhouse, playing the eccentric crime boss. Oh and Rebecca Da Costa was smoking hot! But seriously, she's also a really good actress and I could see her becoming a really big star after this. And it doesn't hurt that she's hot.Maybe not an instant classic, but I'd probably recommend "The Bag Man" to friends.
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