Meaningless stylized violence

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2004)

I love Denzel Washington but I really disliked this movie. First and foremost all of the camera movement gave me a headache and made the story too fragmented. That type of choppy cinematography was okay in Traffic but it didn't help here. Seems they were so busy moving the camera around they forgot about building up a relationship between the characters. The story was easy enough to guess about well before things happened and some of the actors are truly wasted i.e. Mickey Rourke and Marc Anthony who I thought did a good job with a very limited part. Christopher Walken just seemed to be window dressing and hello but who was the true villain, everyone? Too depressing for my taste the poor child is saved for what?. Her family is destroyed. Her new friend is gone. Nice try but no cigar.