Kept me wide awake

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2002)

This is the first decent film I've seen in a while and just felt the need to comment. I saw the original foreign version of this a couple of years back and enjoyed it, and I think they did a good job of translating it into a solid American movie. Definite Hollywood budget, but with at least a bit of an independent/art feel. Many scenes seemed to be lifted note for note from the original, and I have no problem with that.
Pacino already has the look of someone who has been up for days, and he's got the cop thing down to a science. Based on the trailers I was a bit afraid that Williams wouldn't be able to pull off his part, but I was fine with it, and Swank has a good supporting role.
We need more like this and less of the Sum of all Fears crap that Hollywood spews out.