Not for the small screen

Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2006)

Tried watching this film on Vongo (downloaded to PC) and a great deal of the movie is shot in such low light that the screen is literally black with some vague gray shapes (for long periods of time}. I'm not sure a television format would be an improvement. While this is otherwise a fine movie, the unrelenting darkness is downright annoying. I am not sure what all this realism is in aid of - if we were there in the flesh, rather than watching a movie, our eyes would adjust to the darkness and we'd see much more. One or two short scenes of such dark moments would be acceptable, but watching the movie with one's ears for 10 and 15 minute hauls again and again seems excessive.