Good film - but the dialogue is crap.

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2003)

I'm sorry, as good as this film is; the dialogue is so below par I am shocked that it was penned by the same man who wrote the snappy patter, and grand soliloquies of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
I can only assume that he's either doing it on purpose, in an effort to emulate the lousy subtitles of his favorite Asian action films; Or that much of the dialogue is stolen from various sources; OR that he has lost his gift for it altogether.
Come to think of it, all three reasons could be valid to a degree.
Still, the bottom line is this: The trick he was trying to pull off didn't work.
Amazing dialogue would have catapulted this film to greatness. As is, it falls a wee bit short in my opinion.