Excellent noir

Rating: 9/10 (1 September 2008)

Hey, this was noir for the 21st century! Sure the acting may ham it up a bit, but that's just aping the "hardboiled" style the director was aiming for. Slightly surreal elements - but hey, it's based on a comic! And as a fan of graphic novels this impressed me just as much as 300. Slightly odd choices in the casting actually work. Elijah Wood is creepy. Clive Owen is suitably rugged. (Though still needs to work on the US Accent). Alba equals very sexy. I guess Micky Rourke's continual plastic surgery finally paid dividends! The only part that doesn't really work is the whole "Oirish" terrorist thread - din't really work against the rest of the film.