Not bad at all

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2005)

Come on folks, it's not Shakespeare. It's a comic book adaptation. Examine it for what it is, and you know what? The movie is an enjoyable little ride! Rachel Weiss really shines in this movie, and Keanu Reeves is doing what he does best: playing an Everyman type of character in an impossible situation. Weiss's drowning scene is the most tense I've been watching a scene in a long time. The movie doesn't stretch Reeves as an actor, and there's no reason it has to: it's a comi --- sorry, graphic novel brought to the screen, and very well.
On the DVD, though, skip the director's comments. They're useless, spoiled by a producer who couldn't seem to shut his mouth and let the director do the talking.