excellent...

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2008)

Not a taut thriller, yet not a frantically paced dark comedy in the vein of Guy Richie's Snatch, or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. This is an even paced dark comedy, that keeps its humor morbid and flowing, but maintains a semblance of character to keep viewers invested in the main leads. Some rather graphic, bloody scenes which won't appeal to everybody, but all in all, another enjoyable film from overseas. Although I don't usually enjoy the film work of Colin, in this film his smarminess works. He's a man using smart alecky attitude to cover the emotional strain of what he's done. But the film makers wisely don't stuff this down our throat to excess, just the right amount to drive the point home.