In short, it's a drug movie. For over half of the film, there's little interest beyond the overcharged rants and paranoid banter of Downey Jr.'s and Harrelson's drugged out characters. With too little direction toward any real story development for the bulk of the movie, even these comic episodes, the greatest asset here, begin to feel something like a formless goo. It's like hanging around junkies without getting high yourself. A little amusing, a little tedious.
As a matter of physical and mental relief, you're quite happy to get the twists near the end (ah, so this is the story!), but at the same time you feel cheated for having had to wait so long to get there.
As a matter of physical and mental relief, you're quite happy to get the twists near the end (ah, so this is the story!), but at the same time you feel cheated for having had to wait so long to get there.