fantastic

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2006)

this is one of the best crime movies i have ever seen. Danny Devito is wonderful as a sleezy tabloid reporter, and his performance and character just echo what the modern day PAPARAZZI are like. KEVIN SPACEY didn't fail to impress, ( as always) and kim basinger is wonderful as a whore who was supposed to look like veronica lake, she didn't. she looked like kim basinger with blonde hair. how ever the show was stolen by JAMES CROMWELL and GUY PEARCE ( who has come along way since playing a drag queen) CROMWELL as the evil bad guy and boss of the L.A police, and i actually thought what a sh*t when he shot SPACEY. GUY PEARCE played ED EXLEY as cop who puts his own career before anyone and anything, and he played the character with total realism. Now I bet your all wondering about RUSSEL CROWE well. even though I am very critical of him, his overall prowess in this film was remarkable. a contradictory character who hates women beaters yet kicks the sh*t out of kim basinger when he finds out she has shagged GUY PEARCE. the naughty slapper.