Cast-wise, the main actors don't fair too well. And this time, Stone's direction feels pretentious and off-putting, like he's trying too hard and going overboard with the stylistics. Much of the film involves quirky run-ins with various off-beat characters, but that doesn't make a film. The central crux of the film is a love triangle but it takes an age for this to go anywhere - THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE this isn't! Instead it's dragged out long beyond any intrigue or entertainment value it might have had. Come the umpteenth twist at the climax, you no longer care.
It meanders from place to place as the minutes and the hours gradually roll by, and you never get closer to any kind of truth or outcome. U TURN falls down because the storyline is bloated and convoluted in equal measure. What's to go wrong? The story, as it turns out. It's directed by Oliver Stone, a man with a history of making challenging cinema, and it has an ensemble cast of familiar actors. U TURN has a great premise: a drifter shows up in an out-of-the-way town, only to fall foul of the town's weirdo inhabitants and finding himself caught up in intricate plots between various characters.
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