It’s not the heavyweight champion I really wanted it to be. Ides Of March doesn’t have the knock out punch, and I feel if it went up against anything really tough it might be found to have a glass jaw too. It holds the attention and there is drama, but there is in reality no consequences to characters actions, at least that the viewer cares about. One moment does contradict me as things fall apart and the most innocent of the players becomes the inevitable victim. Mostly though it just wasn’t mean enough. It needed more in the way of Alec Baldwin cameos, think The Departed and Glenngarry Glen Ross. That ‘fuck you, you’ve been found wanting’ attitude is sadly lacking.
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