Murder and intrigue, 50s style

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2009)

This is one of those movies that has you hooked from the first minute to the last, there's never a dull moment in sight. The characters all work well together, and the whole friends become enemies and enemies become friends theme the entire movie is based on is extremely well-written. I really liked the many different twists, they were high in number but they never felt forced, and the movie's inner logic was never disturbed by any of them. If anything, each turn in the story makes the plot seem more coherent. The incredible amount of action scenes and general mayhem also makes this whole thing move at a breakneck pace, and the violence is just really overwhelming. Every scene is well-directed, but to me the violent scenes really stand out as being amazingly brutal. This is one of the greatest movies the 90s have to offer.