Weak, un-original idea and bad performance

Rating: 1/10 (12 May 2004)

It's not hard to see what this movie is about. It holds no surprises. And the performance of the people involved is under-average. Let's explain these statements. If we were to compare this movie to Se7en, its name should be Myst1c R1ver. But we won't go there, because no comparison between the two is actually possible. There is a murder, and not a very complicated one. Oh, the mystery... Then whoever bothered to make this movie tries to fool us (like we were some kids) into believing the killer is someone else... Then, in an awfully predictable manner, we are presented with the wonderful conclusion that the killer is not who we thought (no, we didn't) he was, but instead, the killer is someone who couldn't have possibly done this (can't say why, but it's stupid, just watch the movie and you'll see). Bad acting (almost obscene), especially on the part of Sean Penn, who almost made me laugh when trying to simulate pain, brings the overall quality of this flick down to zero. Don't watch this.