Movie Review: In Ben Affleck's 'Animals,' a kidnapping threatens a mayoral campaign
Ben Affleck, who directed, co-wrote and stars in “Animals,” never finds much of a pulse in his lackluster riff on Akira Kurosawa's “High and Low” for Netflix. In it, he transfers the hostage story to Los Angeles and the political arena. This opens the kidnapping story up to new thematic fronts that have meaningful reverberations for Affleck, a Hollywood A-lister who's navigated fluctuating…
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