This is a very good thriller

Rating: 8/10 (15 August 2004)

The rarity of an unpredictable thriller. This is a very good movie that almost never sells out to the classic action genre where the good guy never gets hit and every one else dies. And they didn't bring someone alive for that last harrowing moment. Cruise is interesting and complex. The initial scenes with the cab ride are well developed. A relationship for which I was actually interested. Very well done overall. The only let down was the club scene where just a few too many bad guys were killed without a scratch to Cruise. The scene where our hero advises the heroine of her eminent demise was a little weak in its cinematic assumptions ("He knows where you are!" .... How did he know he knew where she was? Could he see that he was looking at the phone?) And why would a guy like Vincent waste his time trying to cut the power. Did the lack of light somehow help him. I think it just made the job harder. He was a psychopathic killer. That part didn't make sense. Otherwise, very well done.