Ben Affleck’s ‘Animals’ Squanders a Strong Premise in a Muddled Thriller
Ben Affleck’s new thriller, "Animals," arrives with the makings of a taut, star-driven crime drama but largely fails to convert its premise into sustained suspense. Gillian Anderson emerges as the film’s most energized performer in a story that feels overextended, tonally uncertain and uncomfortably close in spirit to Akira Kurosawa’s "High and Low."
