A postmodern outlook on the police force in the 1950's

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2001)

This has to be one of the best films of the 90's, with excellent hard-boiled dialogue, Crowe and Pearce are particularly subverssive in their own way and Basinger produces a superb depiction of a Marilyn Monroe hommage. Spacey again delivers a brillant performance in a postmodern film noir genre. The storyline shocks everybody but follows the conventions right to the wire. In my opinion this film should of won the oscar but was beaten by the dire Titanic minus Billy Zane. Basinger though well deserved her oscar. A must-see film.