Good story, terrible cinematography

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2009)

It's really a shame that the action sequences and scenes were filmed in the way that they were because it really killed what could have been a perfect movie. The story was engrossing and the acting was well executed, but... the way this movie was filmed was god awful. During action sequences, shot angles were strange and poorly done. At times I felt like I was watching someone's home video. There were no emotionally highlighted scenes. No pause for dramatic effect in any way. Don't get me wrong, I don't like cheesy music and drawn out pauses, but this movie had so many characters and so many chopped up shaky action sequences (thank you Bourne series for starting this trend...) that you often couldn't tell who had died and why this was an important event. The story, however, is great and I would still recommend this movie, but would not recommend Michael Mann direct anything ever again.