I liked it until the chainsaw

Rating: 4/10 (1 March 2007)

I have not read the novel yet, but knowing the novel by reputation I was interested in seeing the film. It was interesting, nailed the 1980s rich, wall street thing really well. But this movie really went downhill when he ran after the hooker he hired with a chainsaw. How the hell would no one in his apartment building hear him?? And how the hell can he expertly project the chainsaw to fly down a few flights of stairs after the girl?? No one hears any of this noise, or suspects him of anything? Nothing is explained. Its at this point this film jumps the shark, and his inner narrations start to get to me in how annoying as hell he sounds. Apparently from the chainsaw seen onward it deviates strongly from the book - I watched this with someone how has read the novel a couple of times. So its, a good film for the first part then gets really stupid, and ends up sucking. 4/10 is generous.