Good flick, could've been better...

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

The best thing about this film was the "presence" of Dakota Fanning. I think she is one of the best child actresses of all time, and I've been a fan of hers since she appeared in Spielberg's mini-series "Taken". The relationship portraited between Denzel's character and "Pita'(Fanning) reminded me of the relationship between the hit-man and Natalie Portman's character in the somewhat better film "The Professional'(aka Leon). The "artsy-fartsy" cinematography of the film was just awful, too jerky and dark. This is a movie that will give you a headache, it's really painful to watch (and that's without even considering the graphic violence). The fact that I watched the entire film despite the uncomfortable cinematography, showed how engrossing the film was. The ending was not a surprise, and somewhat contrived, but the movie was worth seeing. It seems that "revenge" movies are in. This was better than "The Punisher", or "Walking Tall" but not quite
as good as "The Professional".