one word: Perfection!

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2006)

Niccols brilliant film about an international arms dealer (Cage) is absolutely brilliant. The film follows a path comparable to Ted Demme's Blow, however it is always interesting and written very well by Niccol. This film is dramatic, funny, and very entertaining. Cage gives one of his very best performances, on par with Matchstick Men and leaving Las Vegas. Jared Leto was also good in this film as was the beautiful Bridget Moynahan, however Ethan Hawke was the best supporting performance as an Interpol agent who is trying to track Cage down. The direction in this film is perfect, cant believe this is the same guy that made Simone. This is definitely a step up from Simone, actually a couple steps. A perfect film, very entertaining. 10/10