A well written and directed movie though not original

Rating: 8/10 (16 July 2009)

The entire movie is set in the Alaskan backdrop, beautiful mountains and wild nature. Though the movie starts off slow with the murder investigation from LA special cops, it picks up a small pace later. This is not a murder mystery so it is not so nail biting or edge of the seat drama. What I found intriguing was to fit in the three characters played by the wonderful actors namely Al Pacino, Robbin Williams and Hillary Swank. At the end the movie concludes with the usual drama of good guy and bad guy demarcation, I wonder if the author really intended to end the movie this way, it is subtly titled Insomnia. Director is Christopher Nolan (Memento fame) - not really required to accredit to this but couldn't hurt either. The story says it all.