Film Review – Flinch

“Flinch” is a crime story that’s built with parts from other crime stories. Writer/director Cameron Van Hoy primarily lifts from the work of Michael Mann and Nicolas Winding Refn, attempting to shape a kissing cousin to the 2011 film “Drive” with this hot neon, deep synth take on the psychological struggles of a small-time crook with a growing heart. Derivativeness is a problem in “Flinch,” as much of the movie is routine, with Van Hoy having a difficult time trying to make his tormented characters more interesting than they actually are. Style helps the feature, which depicts underworld happenings in Los Angeles, but there’s little more to the effort, which loses forward momentum the more it relies on recycling to fill the run time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com