Pacino and Williams give good performances!

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2003)

For those of you who remember this film, as it came out it May, it stars Al Pacino and Robin Williams. It's the story of a detective (Pacino) who accidentally shoots his partner and kills him while pursuing a murder suspect (Williams) in a wooded area of Alaska, where the film takes place. Two things to point out here; the sun doesn't set during the time of year where this film takes place. Also, Pacino's character can't sleep because his conscience won't allow him to forget that he killed his partner, and that he blamed it on the murder suspect played by Robin Williams. It is note worthy to point out that this film does have some good performances by Robin Williams and Hillary Swank. And how can you go wrong casting Al Pacino; he's always good. Also, Christopher Nolan directed this film. His other claim to fame was directing the critically hailed film, Memento starring Guy Pierce. My one qualm with this film, as with other films of this year, was the fact that it was a remake of a 1997 Norwegian film of the same title. It just seems that Hollywood doesn't have too many original ideas up it's sleeve and the really good stuff is actually coming from the other side of the world now. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the original, but if it is anything like the reviews that I have read, it's supposedly excellent. ***