“Golden” (*1/2 out of four) was a shallow, derivative underworld melodrama about a master counterfeiter (Brian Austin Green) who finds himself in a maze of ruthless criminals (Glenn Plummer, Robert Miano, Josh Gilmer, and others) and has to outsmart them one-by-one to find his way out and stay alive. Uninvolving and unpleasant pretty much all the way through with an occasional touch of style to enliven things but not enough. Austin Green is still pretty bland in the lead; the great Plummer is wasted again. Film will not likely be the “golden” comeback ticket for either of them.

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