Lowerd Expectations & Sloppy camera work

Rating: 1/10 (31 January 2007)

This is one of two movies where Denzel Washington has to give in to what American's expect from a black man, to play the bad guy. In previous movies, he plays the well respected good guy and receives very little attention from the media, but in this movie and in Training Day, he has to change his way of doing business and give in to what our society expects from a black actor. I feel as if I'm watching an old episode of NYPD Blue, camera moving around wildly, making you feel as if you've been drinking. The cameraman who filmed this movie must have drank way too much coffee, the camera moves around wildly giving me, the viewer, a headache. As for the plot? well, it seems to be clouded over by a thick fog of indirection, makes me wonder how many Directors worked on this film or if perhaps the Director lost his direction.