We were the 4th and 5th spectators to walk out.

Rating: 4/10 (20 October 2007)

My wife and I walked out after about an hour and a half. Three other people didn't wait that long. The cinematography was beautiful. The atmosphere was definitely there. The problem is that the screenplay gave us no reason to care about these characters. If anything it convinced us not to like them. Watching offensive characters that give the viewer no reason to like them for 160 minutes is asking a lot. Furthermore, while Pitt is an engaging personality, we don't care to watch him beat up a little kid or shoot people just because he can. Any "Oscar Buzz" about this movie or Pitt has to be the result of the studio's marketing efforts and not the reality of the movie itself. Watching people being terrorized, intimidated or killed in cold blood is not what we consider entertainment. The overt violence is held together by random acts of mental and emotional cruelty. Somewhere along the line I recall reading a couple of offhand remarks by Pitt wherein he indicated he didn't really care for the finished product either. We agree.