Cooler than it needs to be..

Rating: 7/10 (31 August 2011)

With a twist ending, this seems a touch much on the cute side than it needs to be. So not dark enough.
It's kind of like Usual Suspect in a sense. It is clever enough but lacks the security and confidence so it shows off a bit more than it needs to be.
And the voice over is kind of disorienting, it didn't really keep me in the film. Maybe that was the distraction needed.
But no detracting that it is good movie. That it is focus, the violence not excessive but has a point. True to the nature of the characters. Gets it right on the tone, settings, intensity ..etc.
Brad is brad like he was in Thelma and Louise; and Norton is norton like he was in Illusionist (not Amerian history X). Really. But yet different. I think Helena is miscast in some way.
But other than that, I can't get more specific.
So is it really a 9 for me? I might have to reconsider.