Gut wrenching short and sweet but a few plot holes.

Rating: 8/10 (7 April 2006)

Well i had heard a lot about this movie and i finally ended up seeing it. I must say that i expected the world from the movie and even then it met my expectations.
The editing and storytelling is cutting edge the action starts right from the beginning and grips your attention throughout the film.
The acting in the movie is top notch and I'm happy to see Cary Elwes an actor whom i have liked from the time i saw him in" Robin hood men in tights" have such a significant role i really feel he is a talented actor and he should be in many more movies. Other than that the acting of Liegh Wankel was also worth a mention as both of them were the main characters and carried of their roles brilliantly. The rest of the cast were great in whatever roles they had to play.
I however seem to have a problem with this movie being slotted as a horror because somehow i didn't quite see it as one maybe i am from the old school where horror always implies some otherworldly elements.
The only problem with the movies are the plot and character holes some of them are:- 1)The detectives who are obviously trained to think on their feet and are probable well versed with detaining criminals behaved in a matter most inappropriate to their training, even a normal person would have behaved in a manner that would have much better outcome then what we saw when trained professionals confronted a known possibly armed murderer.The circumstances had to be different and more difficult for the outcome to be the one we saw.
2) The ending though thrilling seems unbelievable in otherwise a believable movie.
3)Also the intelligence and resourcefulness shown by the protagonists throughout the film was absent and could have easily have prevented what was another memorable scene. Again the circumstance could have been different for what had happened to happen.
(however these things though annoying were important in the movie and don't harm the movie much) Save for this everything about this movie was brilliant and although i am not a great fan of the brushed up versions of such films i thoroughly enjoyed the R rated version.
A movie that can be enjoyed by almost anyone, its not one of those high brow , arty festival premium release movie that it has been wrongly positioned as.
Do watch this film.