Yeah, I also struggled to figure out how it went wrong. Mann of course is a strong director, and the actors are (otherwise) quite good as well. Try Hemsworth in

Yeah, I also struggled to figure out how it went wrong. Mann of course is a strong director, and the actors are (otherwise) quite good as well. Try Hemsworth in Rush, or Wei Tang in Lust, Caution if you want to see either of them really shine. Though as you mentioned they weren't quite cast to type. And in Wei's case acting in a second language probably doesn't help. Still the whole thing really underperformed.