Pecking Order

2 'hardboiled' detectives decide to check out an egg farm after a tipoff about black market egg price manipulation, though they find the farm owner a tough case to 'crack'.

Paper note identification, one liners flying off the wazoo, point blank shootings and watties for blood were just some of the classic 48 Hours tropes that brought me back to teams just having a go and making an enjoyable romp as was the case here.

Now what elevated (subjectively) and yet let the film down (realistically) was the uncanny valley dialogue and Z-grade effects. The worm's eye view shot got a good chuckle out of me, but some of the framing with backs to the camera for speaking actors, and disorientating editing, not quite so much.

Story: 2.5/5
Technical: 1.5/5
Elements: 2.5/5
Overall: 2/5