Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
Cassandra’s Dream (2007) 5/10
A dark morality tale, Woody Allen’s latest film explores the element of human greed through the lens of familial ties. Playing out like a modern day greek tragedy, it stars Iwan McGregor and Colin Farrell as two brothers in desperate need of money given a lifeline. But that lifeline comes with a price: they must assassinate someone for the money. The performances of Farrell and McGregor makes this a watchable film by virtue of their performances alone. But coming after the similarly themed BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD makes this film suffer in comparison. The plot itself is fairly straightforward and jaded viewers will easily predict that before long, it will all go to hell, as all greek tragedies tend to do. Overall, the film is mediocre and lacks the wit and panache Woody Allen is known for.
