Great though thoroughly predictable

Rating: 7/10 (13 September 2006)

Let us continue under no misconception, this is a good movie. If your the kind of moviegoer that eats up stuff like Boondock Saints or Pulp Fiction then this is a movie for you, stylish, violent, well written, there is very little else one could hope to garner from it. The story is not all that and a bag of cheese, there are holes, and though I very much like the story and all it's little twists, I saw almost each and every one of them coming. This movie almost seems made to be predictable, it is however thoroughly enjoyable. The story is at times tragic and most of the time funny. It's told in a bass ackwards kinda way. The acting is top notch, Lucy Liu is okay, beautiful as always though hers is a very simplistic part. Morgan is as always hypnotizing, even as a bad guy you can't help but be drawn to him. Kingsley is wonderful as the Rabbi. And though both of them turn in somewhat deadpan subdued performances Hartnet and Willis are both amazing, especially Willis who wears conviction in his eyes in every scene. The film is oddly directed, it has a very cool feel to it, my only gripe is that it has a very sullen feel to it, it should mind you people are dying and the film acts accordingly, but it just seems that as all is revealed things should move faster, not just crawl along. Overall it's great movie to get a bunch of friends together and go see, very enjoyable, it's not Sin City, but it's a worthy follow up for both Hartnet and Willis, both of whom won't be in #2