Bad
Karma
(2012)
Johnny's
comments:
Bad
Karma is a thriller set
for the most part on the
Gold Coast but starts in
Sydney, following
coked-up American
lowlife Molloy (Ray
Liotta) who is asked by
his mate Yates (Dominic
Purcell) to do a job for
him, but he gets wasted
and on his way to the
crime, he has a heart
attack and crashes into
a chemist. Meanwhile,
Yates is arrested in
what looks like a setup.
Three years later,
Molloy has moved to the
Gold Coast, got a good
job, is clean and is
very much in love with
Kelly (Vanessa Gray) and
both have plans for
better things. Then,
Yates turns up and while
they are in a
convenience store, Yates
decides to rob the place
and then shoot dead the
attendant and a shopper.
It also sorta looks like
Molloy's in on the
robbery and Yates uses
this to blackmail Molloy
into doing a job with
him. Molloy is desperate
to get away from Yates,
who as we know is
seriously unhinged and
makes himself welcome
into his home and
befriends Kelly. After
Molloy is exposed to
Kelly, he decides that
Yates have to go, but
this is not going be
easy.
Stock
standard stuff here,
nothing to write home
about, but not all that
terrible either. It does
make me wonder why Ray
Liotta struggles to get
a decent role in a big
film any more. He was in
Goodfellas damnit!
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