Considered Tarantino-esque but the constant flashbacks to explain the blindingly obvious shows far less intelligence.
I did enjoy this movie but it was riddled with problems.
For a start, anything starring Josh Hartnett is usually a big no-no as far as I’m concerned. I wish he’d just shag off to action movies where he can be the next Bruce Willis. Oh wait a sec, this movie had Willis doing dark and mysterious by the numbers too.
Then you had Ben Kingsley playing his standard gangster role and Morgan Freeman playing Morgan Freeman.
Lots of twists which you guess correctly from the first ten minutes and lot of brutality to make up for depth.
Lucy Liu looked divine however.
How could the loser character be living in an art deco apartment complex?
But the stylishness of the movie overcame all its horrendous flaws and I enjoyed it all the way through.
Rated /5 on Jul 05 2007 by Conor O’Neill
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