Good, honest, full-blooded thriller.

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2002)

Pacino, at his usual superb level, very successfully portrays an aging no-nonsense detective who comes into a situation where he's forced to evaluate his morality and that age old question if the noble end justifies less than noble means.
In somewhat controversial move, Robin Williams is cast as villain and while at times he's convincing I still think someone else would've been better suited for the part.
The cinematography is stunning. Tho plot is set in Alaska (actually filmed in Canadian province of British Columbia) so fog, white nights and persistent cold and damp weather even though it's summer, become 'characters' in the movie to a great effect.
Only other criticism is the ending. It's obvious that Hollywood got it's hands on this film and forced the obligatory, pointless, completely out of place shootout on it. Why, oh why must 9 out of 10 Hollywood thrillers end in exchanges of crossfire? Has this become a law I'm not aware of?
All in all, definitely worth seeing.