High expectations - mostly realized

Rating: 8/10 (20 August 2006)

First off, I really liked this movie! The only thing that marred it for me was the heavy handed way they used the film score to "punch up" the drama. They should have more confidence in the director and actors to move the script.
I just wish my sound system had a way to hammer down the excess without me having to constantly resort to using the remote to drive down the music and then turn the volume back up to get the dialog.
Everybody gets a 9+ but the dummy who damaged a fine score and an entire movie. My only hope for the rest of the series is that they leave Mr Punch to do laugh tracks for sitcoms. In my opinion that is all he is fit for.
Riptide