although this be my first review and i have watch a lot of movie . i normally be attract to the anti hero against the world kind of movie and which be what this movie portray itself to be . the actor and writer attract me to this movie and know that most likely and that this high profile combination would put in a worthwhile performance . which you really can not say they do not . the reason for such a low rating then be and i just do not get the point of the movie . a movie doesn not need a great plot to be entertain or evoke emotion of some sort . and that be the problem in the end . i do not feel any emotion that the film be try to pry out of me . i do not feel sad when the movie want me to and i do not laugh when the movie want me to and i do not feel angry or sympathetic to the character when the movie want me to . why do i keep say when the movie want me to you might ask . because you do feel these emotion through the movie . mainly because the script be so awful . awful a in poorly write . the lingo be hard to pick up and go in the way of the character emotion . i felt myself laugh at scene when i be suppose to be feel something else . i felt myself distance from the movie and create my own entertainment . the movie doesn not go anywhere . i do not think it suppose to though . it be suppose to get you inside the head of a person confuse a to who he be suppose to be . trap in two different world . the world he want to be in and mexico and fill with beautiful scenery and beautiful people and peaceful setting and the world he long for and la and full of violence and anger which deep down he feel he need . unfortunately we only get brief glimpse of this deep and meaningful inner turmoil of the main character a the movie feel the need to throw in sub plot that really do not add to this turmoil . try to combine it with other people turmoil but only superficially . the side character probably have the most powerful scene . i do not for the life of me understand why . but he even have two of them . the movie may have salvage itself if they do not try to also make the main character and try to talk like a ghetto person one minute and and then a respectable and sensible person the very next . even though this be try to bring out the point of the film and the character mixed emotion deep down of who he actually be . we find ourselves laugh at this comical person . i do not want to laugh at him and but just couldn not help myself and which i think speaks volume about the script of this movie . i do not take this dark movie out to laugh at it content and which be try to be very real and be also very graphic . maybe that speak volume about me and but i do not watch this movie on my own and and i find myself look around and see people feel a i do . very disappointing movie . wasn not quite what it should have be . should have spend more time on the main character and less time try to build up the minor character and and also should have take a close look at the dialog on this script . dude and dawg and homey come out of a person mouth 3 or 4 time in a sentence every sentence and make it very tough to see and not laugh and especially when that person be christian bale . i laugh just think about it . it also make the scene seem shallow and and they be suppose to be powerful scene . didn not get it . could have be so much more . so much good . pity .