A very boring film, unfortunately. Just a waste of time. Wotan Wilke Möhring's acting is fine, but neither him nor any other actor could have helped this lame movie come alive. The basic idea feels very artificial and "wanna be" American - British Gangsta Flick. Maybe the director wants to be Guy Ritchie. He sure isn't. The story is predictable and not original at all, the dialogue is horribly written. The actors are doing their best, but " Hardcover" has neither enough heart, emotion, humor, realism, guts or thrills to keep any audience interested. The script definitely could have used a lot more work ( maybe a couple of years) , the directing is just mediocre, like a TV movie.