"American Graffiti" meets "Reservior Dogs". Just one academy award performance after another.

Rating: 10/10 (18 September 2005)

**** Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillipe, Brendan Fraser, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Larenz Tate, Thandie Newton, Keith David, Jack McGee, Jennifer Esposito, Terrence Howard, William Fincher and Michael Pena. Written and Directed by Paul Haggis.
Paul Haggis again writing another spell bounding script the other being Million Dollar Baby which he passed off to Clint Eastwood winning four academy awards yet this one he co-writes with Bobby Moresco and directs. I wouldn't be surprised if the movie won even more than four academy awards. The story about different people on a cold Los Angeles night and how their equally tragic stories all collide to make the years best film. Containing such rememberal characters like a racist cop (Dillon), a good partner (Phillipe), a black detective (Cheadle), a business man (Fraser), his beautiful wife (Bullock), two car jackers (Bridges) and (Tate) a director (Howard), his wife (Newton), and a lock salesman (Pena). Haggis takes a compelling look at racism and makes one of the most dramatic movies of the year. Quite possibly better than Million Dollar Baby. My final rating 10/10.