To forestall such questions, and distract us from the film's core emptiness, director Paul McGuigan (Gangster No. 1, Wicker Park) and his crew very nearly art - direct
everything into the dirt: The wallpaper
in ordinary
apartment buildings is a catalogue of optical illusions, and one fleeting overhead
shot of a parking lot features an array of vehicles so expertly color - coordinated they could be photoshopped into a Kelly - Moore spread.