Overtones of Frederick Forsyth

Rating: 7/10 (16 September 2007)

Did it strike anyone that this film bore very strong resemblances to something that would be written by Frederick Forsyth, in particular "The Dogs of War"? Freddy though would have ended the novel with Di Caprio dying on the cliff and the plane flying off into the sunset instead of having the long drawn out ending that the film had. I suppose that because Di Caprio was a fundamentally amoral character like Cat Shannon in the Dogs of War, he could not but come to a tragic end despite the fact that deep down we were all secretly rooting for them. Why must there be poetic justice? Sometimes it's just not fair. Di Caprio and Shannon were both great characters and it's a shame to witness the demise of brilliant yet amoral men.