Excellent dirty thriller

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2004)

After reading the comments by other here on IMDb I nearly gave this one a miss. Glad I didn't as it is now one of my top 5 movies for 2004.
Others have reviewed it fully so I'll just bring up a few points.
Cary Elwes- err this was one of the only sore points in the movie for me, he just didn't come across as believable. bad overacting or maybe it's because I saw men in tights last week, but I think someone else could have done it a lot better. Doesn't ruin the movie completely though. Not bad, not good either. Danny glovers character wasn't that great either but splitting hairs here.
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The gore is excessive, but that's a plus for me. had me grinning half the movie and cringing the other half with so many horror clichés realized and pulled off pretty well.
Props to Leigh Whannell (go Aussie!) for doing such a stellar job on this screenplay, i'm eagerly anticipating more work of this caliber.
Anyway great movie, 7/10, or 8.5/10 if you allow for budget & inexperience.