Best of this year's murder/crime thrillers (so far)

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2002)

I won't comment too much here; I'll just say that I had a bit of a problem with Swank's character's behavior in the last scene - it struck me as unbelievably reckless and careless. I also thought the geography of that scene (fairly crucial) should have been better shown. The movie just ended fairly awkwardly for me, really. It's largely a formula thriller (with a good formula, though), but better than all the others I've seen this year (Murder by Numbers, Panic Room, etc). Still, strongly atmospheric, and a great performance from Pacino. Very well directed. 8 of 10