Not much meat and lots of filler. Either he wasn't trying because he knew it was guff or it's true what they say about the actor being only as good as the story. I watch movies to be entertained, Sleepless definitely did that. “Sleepless” does have a dirty cop, and you’ll probably figure out who it is. Something already done in the past by the fantastic denzel washington (training day). This movie could've been a real hit if only everyone in the production paid attention to the inconsistencies. It also has Scoot McNairy in what may be his best performance as a crooked scuzz since “Killing Them Softly” (2012) — though in this movie he’s classier scuzz, a punk Vegas crime-family scion with android eyes who’s torn between terrorizing others and kowtowing to his big-boss dad. This is another good cop/bad cop, is he or isn't he, kind of flick, set in Las Vegas with lots of glitz and glamour to hide what is a very shaky plot. Even the great Jamie Fox was terrible in this. Jamie Foxx plays a Las Vegas undercover agent on the run from cops, drug dealers — and a movie that's all sizzle and no steak. and Jamie Foxx in “Sleepless,” a crime thriller directed by Baran bo Odar. I have a feeling that is a lot of what is going on with 'Sleepless' and people's opinions of it. Thus it would be incredibly difficult to make an entertaining movie without having quite a few illogical things happen. I guess Hollywood is saying, "don't stab thus dude, cause it makes him fight better. This remake of the 2011 French thriller Sleepless … Jamie Fox and Michelle Monaghan, what were they doing in this? I didn't expect anything outstanding, but something a little bit like Mann's "Miami Vice" or "Collateral". Vincent is now carrying 25 kilos of cocaine (street value: $7 million) that could get him killed. This preposterous wheeze finds Jamie Foxx starring in a sort-of remake of the boffo French 2011 action flick Sleepless Night ( Nuit Blanche ). This one isn’t. Before review Sleepless i want you guys to know this movie and Arsenal are both rated R for the first time in my country and after hearing many good thing about this movie so i decided to check out this movie and oh boy .......I WAS WRONG.I divided this movie into three parts , the first part is very good both our main heroes Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan are well development .They both has a hard past to push them forward not just for the sake of action but went the movie get into the second part it started to fall apart.There are so many plot hole and character make very dumb decision like in one scene after the bad guys kidnapping Jamie Foxx son and torture him then walked away and left the door open for the kid to escape and tracking him to leads to where his father hiding .I MEAN LIKE SERIOUSLY DID THE DIRECTOR THINK IM GOING TO FALL FOR THAT.THE WHOLE GOOD FIGHT SCENE AND GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY CAN NOT MAKE UP FOR THIS MESSY OF A MOVIE IF YOU LIKE A GOOD CRIME ACTION MOVIE THAT TAKE PLACE IN ONE NIGHT I SUGGESTED COLLATERAL , RUNNING SCARED OR SAFE IT MUCH MORE BETTER THAN THIS MOVIE. Awards The new Jamie Foxx action flick SLEEPLESS is a bit bi-polar as it alternates from surprising (sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad) and NOT surprising (sometimes for the good sometimes for the bad). You just got hold of a gun in a life threatening situation and you bravely decide to use your fist against an attacker who is bigger than you. A remake of the 2011 French/Belgian thriller “Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche),” “Sleepless” is a propulsive thin exercise, “energetic” but tedious, the kind of January movie that Jamie Foxx should have permanently graduated from. Jeez. 6 Apr 2017 in an small room with even smaller number of people I start watching this movie that I "vouched" for my girlfriend because I quote " Jamie Foxx plays in good movies." Since the inception of how policemen take the wrong turn during their career it often shows the rare cop who plunges face first into the mess trying to figure out just who is the bad guy, and who is not. He and his partner (played by the rapper T.I.) Sleepless is a 2017 American crime drama film directed by Baran bo Odar, and written by Andrea Berloff.The film stars Jamie Foxx as a Las Vegas police officer who faces off against mobsters to rescue his son, T, who they got. When he realises who he stole the drugs from, he's immediately worried about his families safety and he tries to cut a deal with Rubino, who kidnaps his son for his drugs. Then after each fight is over, he appears again all injured like he is going to pass out, that is until the next fight scene comes up. Sleepless is directed by Baran bo Odar and stars Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, and Scoot McNairy. Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, David Harbour, Tip "T.I." ‘Sleepless’ Review: Jamie Foxx Goes Undercover in Underwritten Cop Drama So trite as to teeter on parody, this Vegas-set ticking-clock thriller is a shouty bore With that aside, it's still worth a watch, and you can't fault it in the intensity department but I was left feeling empty when the movie finished, and I won't be watching it again in a hurry. A French thriller gets the remake treatment, starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan. Please visit and use the code STUCKMANN for 10% off.FACEBOOK: TWITTER: OFFICIAL SITE: Chris Stuckmann P.O. Bryant’s pursuit of Vincent is the motor of “Sleepless,” yet you watch it thinking: Wow, she really hasn’t seen enough cop movies. A movie so bad that you have to see it. And yes I said that again. It’s far from incompetent, but it’s a who-cares? All of which makes you wonder: Does a dogged IA investigator like Bryant realize that when a fellow officer appears to be doing a drug deal, he might actually be undercover? Jamie Foxx takes on an army of pursuers in this preposterous police thriller from Baran bo Odar Oh, good grief, how much sillier can thrillers get? Sleepless is an attempt to tell the same story, but one that has somehow been leeched of all that was interesting about the original. Well maybe some are but my standards are a lot higher than this. It's the overall same old drug/cop story and way too over-the-top constant cat and mouse action that brings things down. This is I what I call "a comedy of errors" Ridiculous, hilarious effort from Hollywood on a remake of "Nuit Blanche" (Sleepless Night), (2011). Film Review: ‘Sleepless’ Jamie Foxx plays a Las Vegas undercover agent on the run from cops, drug dealers — and a movie that's all sizzle and no steak. | Millions in drugs in a locker and they want you to believe that one of the two cops involved would leave it to his partner to bring it in. Don't give it too much thought and you'll have a great time. And that’s likely to be reflected in an underwhelming box-office performance. ‘The Bachelor’ Finally Has Its First Black Star. Watchable! thriller. [Sleepless] fashions a familiar action vehicle for an Academy Award-winning star (Jamie Foxx) looking to stroll through a paycheck role. Metacritic Reviews. Never got around to this remake of Sleepless Night because I love the original and the reviews were mostly terrible, but this was a solid B-movie with a very good, very sweaty Jamie Foxx performance in the lead role. Officer Bryant played by Michelle Monaghan, is on the hunt for Vincent, while he attempts to get to his son and the drugs that were taken by Bryant. In remaking the 2011 French thriller Sleepless Night, the filmmakers have dumbed down … The story feels disjointed and at times its hard to work out exactly what sort of film Sleepless wants to be. By Rich Cline. Although this movie had an simplistic plot, which we have seen many times before, I still found this film quite entertaining, and the action was pretty decent. His last outing was Annie (2014), which had a mixed response. But in totality, as an action thriller, I think “Sleepless” is significantly out of touch with what mainstream audiences today would consider to be cool. Publisher’s Note: Now that Netflix makes public its ten most popular films at any given time, we have witnessed that it’s largely a mix of new original titles like Extraction, a lot of Gerard Butler, and the occasional random title of an old movie that resurfaces on Netflix, like The Roommate or, this week, Jamie Foxx’s Sleepless, which was the most watched film of Netflix over the weekend. Although there are quite a few stars, or at least well know actors in the movie, this is a huge let down. Harris, Scoot McNairy, Octavius J. Johnson. Typical, generic and predictable "undercover cop/bad cop" thriller. The plot of Sleepless, for the most part, follows the basic beats of its predecessor. The trailer to "Sleepless" promised all of this and I was sold. Follow Jamie Foxx "Weak" Sleepless Review. Follow the author of this article. but this? Both are way too good to be in a movie this bad. Jamie Foxx plays a cop, Vincent, who robs a ruthless drug dealer, Rubino (Dermot Mulroney), with his partner Sean (T.I.). Sleepless review – Jamie Foxx's Vegas-set thriller suffers from sheer silliness 2 out of 5 stars. It’s great to see him back, even with this being the sour season for movies, but it’s hard to imagine an Academy Award winning actor like Foxx … Box 1028 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223Chris Stuckmann reviews Sleepless, starring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Gabrielle Union, David Harbour, Tip 'T.I.' Though there isn't much to this film in which hasn't been already made in past films. From left, T.I. 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