De Palma sell-out still a De Palma movie

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2000)

This is the Brian de Palma sell-out movie that was true to the style and even the quality of his previous work.
The casting of the romantic leads was an excellent start for any director to work with, and the De Palma tone of tragic inevitability glues the action sequences together nicely.
The Jon Voight character is a little too simple, but you might as well make the bad guy totally unlikeable if you're really selling out.
I give this 8 out of 10, and I like the ending's ridiculous mask, though the explosion survival is a little too ridiculous.