If you thought that was bad

Rating: 9/10 (9 March 2008)

The title of this film comes from first line in the poem written by Yeats called "Sailing To Byzantium". The poem is about how the Byzantium Empire, despite its magnificence, was slowly and surely crumbling into inevitable irreparable decay.
In the same way, this movie is about how the spirit of decay and destruction is coming into American Society. Its an allegory, mayhaps a loose one perhaps. But it will help you to see it as such.
The psycho killer like death is unstoppable. Towards the end, two characters discuss fate. It seems absurd, a random twist that serves no purpose in the story.
But nonetheless I liked this movie. It had atmosphere. It had soul. Sometimes that is good enough to make you ignore the other inconsistencies of the actual story.
The performances of all the actors were worth watching. The main villain was riveting.
As for some loopholes ... Why did Josh return back to the drug trade massacre scene? Answer -He wanted to give a bottle of water to the dying drug-driver. It made no sense and improbable. It was foolish and dangerous. But he was on a high after coming back with $2million. And humans sometimes do very dumb things.