The Tourist

The Tourist is the tale of criminal person Angelina Jolie, attempting to pass off Johnny Depp as a non-criminal person in order to throw off the cops. As a premise, it's fine.

The film undoubtedly stylish. As a host, Venice doesn't have to do much to sparkle, and is actually the film's major strength. It's ceaselessly beautiful, which is a welcome distraction from an occasionally mediocre plot. Johnny Depp's understated, often cooky performance is enjoyable for the most part. Angelina Jolie is fine too, despite the fact her journey in to being typecast is almost complete with yet another femme fatale under her minute belt. The action sequences are few and far between, leaving a lot of time for a heap of slow moving, hammy pieces of dialogue between the two leads. At times, it feels as though you're watching a rather well done perfume commercial rather than a spy thriller.

It's hard to know what else to say about this film without giving the game away, but the last ten minutes of the film make it a lot more enjoyable as a whole than the rest of the film had up until that point.

6/10