Movie studios notoriously dump films not fun enough for summer and not good enough for award season in March and April, so finding a quality drama this time of year can be as difficult as say...running a completely straight, fiber-optic cable from Kansas to New Jersey, securing a millisecond Wall Street advantage over other algorithmic traders.
That's the ambitious goal of our onscreen team — and it's an ambitious concept to turn into a riveting thriller.
For the most part, writer-director Kim Nguyen (War Witch) succeeds. He expertly simplifies this complicated scheme enough for audiences to stay involved,understand what's at stake and sweat along with the characters in this uphill, over and under the hill, across the U.S.A. challenge.
Credit Jesse Eisenberg (in Social Network mode) and Alexander Skarsgard (acting against type) for elevating this film. The Hummingbird Project is an average thriller, but delivers the goods as a character drama. Ultimately it provides a cautionary tale about the desire to speed up life.
In a nutshell: It's worth a few milliseconds of your time.
Award potential: None. Salma Hayek should have a few previous awards revoked for acting as if she landed the "evil boss" role in a soap opera.
The Ten Buck Review: Worth ten bucks.
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