Brick (2005): Joseph Gordon-Levitt receives a curious message from his ex-gf who disappears soon after. He starts to investigate, leading him to local drugs pusher Lukas Haas and his sidekick Noah Fleiss as well as seductive dame Nora Zehetner. Great neo-noir that puts 40s Chandler-esque pulp/noir (incl old school dialogue & lines) inside a modern high school setting. At times director/writer Rian Johnson tries too hard to create quirky/'clever' juxtapositions between the noir & high school settings, but overall I loved this movie. 8/10
This one didn't click for me, it tried a bit tried too hard with the Chandler-esque pulp, wasn't very believable to me.
