If there's a problem with THE HARDER THEY FALL then it lies in the very familiarity of the plot, combined with a rather weak, going-through-the-motions kind of script. There's literally nothing here that hasn't been done a million times before, and done better to boot. The big sell is that this one has virtually an all-black cast, although for those of us versed in 1970s blaxploitation flicks that's nothing new. The cast don't make much of an impression here although Idris Elba is as charming as ever, even in a bad guy role. Otherwise, it's business as usual, good for a single watch maybe, but no more than that.
Review of The Harder They Fall
