The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
    • Shows & On demand
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Fund us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Cannes
      • Sundance London
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • Tumblr

  • RSS


CultureCinemaMovie reviews

Momentum

Momentum | Movie review
17 September 2015
Natasha Furlong
Avatar
Natasha Furlong
17 September 2015

Movie and show review

Natasha Furlong

Momentum

★★★★★

Release date

20th November 2015

Certificate

UPG121518 title=

Links

TwitterFacebookWebsite

Intended to be the entry point in a series of films, Momentum, directorial debut of Stephen Campanelli, feels less like the start of something and more like the action-packed midpoint.

Alex Farraday (Olga Kurylenko) is a thief, and a good one, but following a bank heist she ends up with more than just the police to worry about. Along with some valuable diamonds, she and her crew steal a hard-drive with mysterious connections to a US Senator (Morgan Freeman). To get it back he sends in Mr Washington (James Purefoy) and what follows is a mishmash of gunfights, car chases and torture, accompanied by a ridiculously over-dramatic score.

The action begins immediately with little time for character development, and Alex is never shown to be anything more than a generic Action-Girl. It’s a pity, because she could be an astoundingly interesting character if not for the flimsy script leaving her so one-dimensional. Beside Olga, the acting is hit and miss: there are some awful performances but thankfully James Purefoy is not one of them. Traipsing through the film as a bored psychopath (a role he excels in), he provides twisted comedy to an otherwise bland film.

The final portion of the film is enjoyable and there is an undeniable chemistry between Purefoy and Kurylenko. Plot-hole-ridden as it is, Momentum is intriguing and, with more care and a little less time spent on gratuitous violence, it could have been the start of something interesting.

★★★★★

Natasha Furlong

Momentum is released nationwide on 20th November 2015.

Watch the trailer for Momentum here:

Related ItemsOlga Kurylenkoreview

More in Movie reviews

Every Day

★★★★★
Catherine Sedgwick
Read More

Big Fish and Begonia

★★★★★
Chloe Sizer
Read More

Funny Cow

★★★★★
Selina Begum
Read More

The Leisure Seeker

★★★★★
Daniel Amir
Read More

Let the Sunshine In

★★★★★
Euan Franklin
Read More

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

★★★★★
Euan Franklin
Read More

Truth or Dare

★★★★★
Guy Lambert
Read More

The Titan

★★★★★
Andrew Murray
Read More

Rampage

★★★★★
Catherine Sedgwick
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Movie and show review

Natasha Furlong

Momentum

★★★★★

Release date

20th November 2015

Certificate

UPG121518 title=

Links

TwitterFacebookWebsite

Tickets

Theatre tickets

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Hide in Mayfair: Dabbous raises the bar of informal fine dining with his new restaurant
    ★★★★★
    Food & Drinks
  • Gregory Porter at the Royal Albert Hall
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • The Vaccines and Whenyoung at Alexandra Palace
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Project Gastronomía: How will Londoners eat in 2015? A symposium on gastronomy and multisensory design
    Food & Drinks
  • Tribeca Film Festival 2018: On the red carpet with the stars of Westworld season 2
    Cinema
  • Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Hinds at Electric Brixton
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Faceless
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Hinds at Electric Brixton
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Half Breed
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Education, Education, Education at Shoreditch Town Hall
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Gregory Porter at the Royal Albert Hall
    ★★★★★
    Live music

Instagram

Something is wrong. Response takes too long or there is JS error. Press Ctrl+Shift+J or Cmd+Shift+J on a Mac.
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Fund us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • New London restaurant openings and pop-ups
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Subscribe
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2018 FL Media Ltd

Kinky Boots at the Adelphi | Theatre review
Letters to Max | Movie review