So far the best of 2002

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2002)

Insomnia is clearly the best movie of the first half of 2002. It tells a story that keeps you glued to the screen from the start.
Detective Will Dormer, played by Al Pacino, goes to Alaska to investigate a murder. It doesnt take the all star detective long to figure out that the murderer is Walter Finch, played by Robin Williams. However, there is a problem for Dormer that prevents him from arresting Finch. Dormer, by accident, shoots his partner, witnessed by Finch. Now Finch uses this to blackmail Dormer into letting him go.
Insomnia marked the return of Christopher Nolan, director of Memento. I will have to see the original Insomnia before I can judge what Nolan contributed to this movie because Insomnia was a movie carried by the plot more than anything else.
Williams and Pacino were terrific, as usual, and surprisingly Swank was good as the up and coming detective. Though none of the actors names will appear that the award shows next year, it will be a crime if the title does not.