The Tourist

The Tourist

The Tourist is about an American math teacher (Johnny Depp) who is used by Elise Ward (Angelina Jolie), a British women in love with a fugitive, because she is trying to distract the men after her love by making them think a random stranger on a train she met is the criminal they want. Alexander Pierce, the man she loves that stole millions of dollars from a gangster, has been chased for years by agents and gangsters as well and no one knows what he looks like, even Elise, because he had plastic surgery to make it impossible to identify him. You don't ever see Pierce until the end of the film, which pleasantly surprises you. However, everything else that happens along the story up until that point is actually very predictable and the acting is not believable, especially the English accent Angeline Jolie uses.

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are well known actors and usually have great performances. I especially love Johnny Depp and think almost every character he has played has been unique and different from any other character another actor has played. However, I though both of the lead actors in this movie did very poorly and even though the concept of the plot was very interesting and in beautiful European cities, like Venice, the actors made the movie absolutely terrible. At one point half way through watching the film, I fast-forwarded all the way to the last 10 minutes, which was the only interesting part. Watching the middle part of this movie is a waste of time and the romance the evolves between Depp and Jolie seems very fake and like they have no real connection at all, almost painful to watch. I was disappointed in this film because I always have high expectations for Johnny Depp films, and this one did not live up to my hopes. I hope Johnny Depp comes out with something much better soon.

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