Decent Crime Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2006)

I saw this movie yesterday, the day it opened here in Tulsa. And on the whole I liked it.
But to be honest I'm not entirely sure why.
I know most of the critics reviews have been very positive. But the plot and script were really rife with holes; acting was decent but not really stand-out work; flashback and flash-forwards didn't really work all that well from my angle. It even felt a little long to me.
And yet ... do you ever see a movie that seems to have a lot of faults and yet the composite is so much better than the sum of its parts that it works anyway? That's this movie. The pace was good, the sense of drama was non-stop, the occasional humor worked, the action was fast-paced, the headlining cast was superb and turned in perfectly creditable performances.
All in all a good crime thriller flick. Hey. Works for me!