So close to excellent.

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2005)

Most of the positive statements from the other reviews are accurate. This is a smart and exciting movie with believable (and best choice of) characters that have realistically portrayed motivations. The flow of the movie is seamless for the most part. The casting is terrific. Dialogue: tops. Directing: great. The only significant problem is the end fight scene. As well as it was done, you can't help but think "I've seen this somewhere recently". That's because you have. At the end of Spider-Man 2. Perhaps not to a tee, but the final scene should have been carried out with something other than a train. Still, I'd be willing to push my vote to 8.5 if the option was offered.