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Sleepless (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: Baran bo Odar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Andrea Berloff <\/strong>based on the French film Sleepless Night<\/em><\/p>\n

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Scoot McNairy, Gabrielle Union <\/strong>and Octavius J. Johnson<\/strong>
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\n<\/strong>The Pitch: “Hey, let’s remake Sleepless Night<\/em>!”<\/p>\n

Tagline: Don’t judge a cop by his cover.<\/p>\n

The Overview:  Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

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Sleepless<\/em> starts off with a lot of potential and then quickly becomes turns into a brainless action fest.  That’s not a bad thing if you’re not hoping for more, but based on the trailer I was.<\/p>\n

Sleepless<\/em> opens with a drug ripoff that turns into a shootout leaving the drug couriers dead. The two masked men who ripped off the 25 million dollars worth of cocaine get away and we learn that they are cops.  Vincent Downs (Foxx) and his partner show up at the station and Downs requests to investigate the case.  Pretty smart move since he and his partner committed the crime.  This is probably the last smart thing that happens in the movie.<\/p>\n

Downs and his partner go to the crime scene and discover another pair of detectives are also working the case.  To make matters worse both the drug dealer and the drug buyer are on to Downs (how do they figure this out before the cops?) and so they kidnap Downs’ son.<\/p>\n

Downs’ has a son and a wife.  He doesn’t live with them because he was never home.  Son tolerates dad who is always late or doesn’t show up for scheduled visits.  Wife is ready to move on to another man who has been in her life.  This family life could be expected from a drug dealing no good cop.<\/p>\n

Downs gets a call and is told to bring the cocaine to the drug dealer’s casino.  Yep, just bring 25 million of coke to the casino and you’ll get your son back.  So what does Downs do?  He takes the satchel of coke to the casino.  Ah, but he has a plan.  He’ll go into the men’s room and hide half in the ceiling.  Then he’ll wait to give his son back before giving them the rest of the drugs.<\/p>\n

Can you think of another place that has more cameras than a casino?  Not the brightest plan.  What follows are a bunch of fights as Downs gets his son back, loses his son, fights the drug dealers and fights the other cops investigating the crime.  There are fights in the hallway, fights in the kitchen, the disco, the spa, the pool and the parking garage.  You’ll see more people with guns get their guns taken away by unarmed folks than in any other movie I can remember.<\/p>\n

The thing that bugs me is that this could have been a better movie with just a little more thought.  Nits I will pick…<\/p>\n