The Debt Trailer: Sam Worthington May Not Age Well

John Madden's long-shelved thriller The Debt cuts between its main characters in two distinct time periods, which allows the film to indulge in my favorite game: "What will these actors look like when they get older?" According to the new trailer, Jessica Chastain turns into Helen Mirren after thirty years, which is not a bad deal at all. How about Sam Worthington, though?

He may have gotten the bum end of the stick: Ciarán Hinds? Really? I mean, no offense, Ciarán, but I can't see it. I actually would have bought him turning into the film's Tom Wilkinson, but that one's reserved for Worthington's costar Martin Csokas.

All this time-shifting is in the service of a Nazi-hunting tale, with Worthington, Chastain, and Csokas capturing a villainous war criminal, then Hinds, Mirren, and Wilkinson realizing decades later that they may have to finish the job that once went awry. It's all urgently gone and a little generic-looking, though my prevailing sentiment after watching it was, "Can't John Madden catch a break?"

VERDICT: On the fence.

The Debt Trailer: Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington Go Nazi Hunting [Vulture]