Perfect timing, great potential, BUT...

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 2002)

I have not seen the 1997 original (which I intend on doing), but this film really stood out to me from the trailer alone as a film with a lot of potential.
The idea of a cop on the tail of a murderer, in a town that has no darkness, unable to sleep - its a great concept. The pace of the film reflects the increasingly tired state of our hero, with some of the shining moments of the film being the things he sees while in this half conscious zombified state.
What lets the film down is the rather typical female lead, being Hillary Swank in the role of the rookie cop, who gets to work with her idol - the officer she studied in the academy.
So yeah, a rather 'done' female lead role, but also a boring ending. The first possibility for ending the film popped in to my mind about 3/4 of the way through... and it played out down to the last flutter of the eyelid. Not a BAD ending, but an expected one. Would have been good to see something that worked well, but wasn't so obvious.