It takes a backdrop of a police story action film to explore emotional things. This is why it's so sensory. This is why Colin Farrell's character looks at the sea while they are talking to a criminal. It's not because the director is stupid. But because emotionally this makes sense. Especially if you know the ending.
Blender artists sneak even into places like Pixar. Colin Levy, for example, worked at Pixar for a few years. He is also known as the director of perhaps the best movie made by Blender Foundation ( before it was called "Blender Studio" and before they released Spring ) - Sintel. Spring rivals Sintel quite well. But not on a story level. Colin is a master at story. By the way, he quit Pixar to make a small short film which took him years to make called Skywatch. By the way, he managed to get Jude Law involved. I would not be able to do that. I don't have the money to travel to London. And also, by the way, the VFX for this film were also done with Blender.