absolutely brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2008)

I never give movies 10 out of 10 but this delivered on ever level. I was hooked from the opening credits and barely had time to draw a breath in case I missed a detail in this intriguing suspenseful thriller. Kudos must go to James Mangold for directing the all-star cast so tautly and keeping the movie so atmospheric. Its amazing how persistent rain adds to the hopelessness and depravity of the scene and as noted by ray liotta in the special features, john cusack was very lucky to have been somehow cast wearing a raincoat! I wouldn't dare leave a spoiler here as the what really makes the movie is the fantastic twist, trust me, you won't have any idea and you wouldn't guess it if you had a thousand attempts. What I loved about this movie was that there was such great chemistry between the actors, the tension was really palpable which is missing in so many modern movies. The casting was perfect and there was just no weak link here. Without doubt the best thriller I have seen in the last five years and I was truly disappointed when the film ended.