Grade: A

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2000)

The acting in this film is brilliant, especially by the Australian Russell Crowe as the thug police officer Bud White. James Cromwell, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito all give great performances although I would not have chosen Kim Basinger for the Best Actress Oscar that year. An awesome script, cool shootouts and solid direction by "Wonder Boys" director Curtis Hanson make it the best movie of 1997 (better than TITANIC!). Highly recommended viewing!