Just bad

Rating: 1/10 (21 September 2012)

I just don't understand how this movie can be rated this high on this site. It's generally not that off, but this is ridiculous to have this movie in the top 150 of all time. Just.. no.
So let's talk about this movie now. Al Pacino is one of the most overrated actors imho. He did well in The Godfather I&II, and then he lost it. I guess if you would let a barking dog play his role, you could hardly notice the difference. There is no depth to the character, no emotion, no feeling of reality. So that's the good guy.
The bad guy is played by de Niro. He plays it "de Niro". Nothing really special. He's played this role many times, and he's gonna play it some more. He was OK.
And now, the plot. I'm sorry, but this plot is plain stupid. Just the fight scene in the middle of the street, where Val Kilmer kills at least two dozen cops while taking cross-fire from both sides is a sad thing. All through the movie I had the impression that this shouldn't be happening, that is completely implausible, and so on. Yes! I enjoy movies like the Expendables where you KNOW that you don't have to take anything very seriously, and you are watching for the big guns and the crappy one-liners, and the completely, utterly ridiculous action scenes. But this is different. This movie tries to be about characters development and all, and the action scenes are totally misplaced to my perception.
Character development. You have more plausible characters in a Walt Disney movie than here. The ending scene where de Niro goes back to the hotel, whereas it is an apparent trap for some girl, betraying his whole personnality, is laughable. Meaning it's just sad. A guy who is supposed to have respected his own rules for his entire life, and who knows this is what got him this far, just acts completely out of character. And this is one of many.
The thing that I really hated about this movie is those moments when I was crying out loud in front of my screen thinking "This can't be true that this should be happening!"
I don't recommend this to anyone. That line up is very treacherous, don't be fooled.