ONE MESSAGE: PLEASE MR. EASTWOOD, STOP MAKING MOVIES!!!

Rating: 1/10 (2 December 2003)

Oh-my-god
I just came out of the theatre, and thought: Such a great cast for such a bad movie. That's very sad. Not only the staging was bad, but also the music was just terrible. And guess what: I was wondering which composer makes such a bad soundtrack, and discovered the composer in the end credits: CLINT EASTWOOD did the soundtrack.
Old man, please leave the film sets of this planet. A quite impressing line-up of actors worked for you not because you are good, but because you are Clint Eastwood.
And what's up with the ending? Good message it gives to the people. To kill a killer, no matter what, is ok, as long this person is 'out of the normal order'.
There were so many bad twists and turns in this movie, I don't know where to start. And just a good tip by an advanced film student: Look at the bad staging. The actors not only act as if they don't really know what the story is all about, a lot of the so-called 'matching shots' don't match at all. For example, there is a scene where Sean Penn is looking to the ground when he is listening to someone, and in the next shot (the same time!) is watching the person straight in the eyes. And then we switch back to the other camera position, and his head is down to the ground again! So what?
Please tell me what is good in the this movie except the unchallenged actors and the more-or-less interesting film-noir photography. I did't find something else.