A fitting rendez-vous for two titans of cinema

Rating: 10/10 (19 September 2015)

This film is exceptional. Almost all crime films are biased in their portrayal of cops vs robbers. If the cop is the main character, the criminals are snatching babies or just generally being evil and *incompetent*. If the bad guys are the main characters, it's a horror movie. Finally, this is a movie where both sides are experts and they're both like-able. As such, I never knew which way the film was going to end.
Both sides have just as much likelihood to win in the end and I could realistically get behind either side. This film kept me on the edge and seemed so much more realistic about the criminals. They weren't just bad guys for the sake of it. They didn't have the clichés of having "henchmen" and having a taste for fine art. This movie is absolutely compelling; it still gives me goosebumps just seeing the trailer.