Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Gerald McRaney, Rodrigo Santoro, Adrian Martinez
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: July 6th 2015 (UK)

Before Focus went in front of the cameras there was huge amount of interest in it in Hollywood, with the likes of Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck and Kristen Stewart all being attached at one time or another. However, in the end it went to Will Smith and Margot Robbie as the two leads.

After watching it, I kind of wondered why so many people were so keen on it, as while fairly fun and decently entertaining, there’s very little to set it appear from a hundred other con-artist thrillers. [Read more…]