Put a good cast to root for in any a disaster scenario, and we’re intrigued. Hire Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie, and we’re filling up the popcorn bucket to witness something with edge. Unfortunately, Fuze erratically combines multiple tonal narratives and throws in an extremely misguided third plotline to smear whatever doesn’t explode when the bomb detonates.
Read MoreIf I was trying to create a snazzy pull quote to add to the "Hell or High Water" lobby poster (one that is already filled with oversold promises), it would be "redneck edge." Fashioned as a genre-advancing Modern Western from the same screenwriter that knocked us out with "Sicario" last year, director David Mackenzie's new film is inspired in ambition but lax in execution. Its edge is the inability to decide whether to bark or bite.
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