This example, filled with unimaginative implausibilities and an absurd premise, lets everyone down.

FORBES: Connect

The clunky plot continues to be riddled with implausibilities, and the movie runs a slack two hours and thirty-four minutes.

NEWYORKER: The Firm

The dispatcher, having started out as a klutz so ordinary that he wears a tie and a sleeveless sweater, morphs into an action hero, which is just one of a cluster of wild implausibilities that crowd out the cogency of the film.

NEWYORKER: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3