Protracted, long-winded with an uninspired ending...

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2013)

Went to watch this movie today with my friend after noticing the high rating at IMDb... Started off well ....but the progression and pace were lacking. The cast was also not so convincing with Jake Gyllenhall in the lead role. The lazy face did not match up to the thrill. Forest Whitaker would have been better as the detective.(even with his sleepy looks). Though the storyline tries to maintain an element of surprise and tension for the greater part of the movie the enactment was too slow and did not have the gripping effect that good thriller movies provide. It is not the edge of the seat kind of movie ..rather a movie where u relax and stretch yourself several times waiting to get up from the seat.The story gets jumbled and the movie looses its grip in the second half. Does not deserve the high 8 rating.. definitely not!! Would like to avoid this kind of dull dragging movies.....Watch at home ....However i won't ask for my money back..they don't give anyway :)