Russian roulette has never been this tense

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2011)

This is a good movie, but it's one of those films that would have been better if it was a bit tightly edited and directed. Seriously the movie has Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep in it. Who would go on to leave a mark in cinema. So for this movie to fail was almost impossible. It's just a lot of parts of this movie seemed to drag a bit at times. Especially act 1 which is the build up, the build up just seemed way too long. The build up is done well and it stood out but felt a bit too drawn out. The movie could have easily cut about 30 minutes or maybe more or else maybe I am missing something. The key scenes of this movie is the Russian roulette. It has tension and humanity to it and is very memorable and sticks. In fact that scene has inspired a part in the video game "COD: Black Ops". I am not really sure if I can call this movie a masterpiece like some other critics, but what I can say is that it's a character driven movie that has humanity in it. The combing of two genres while also including symbolism was done just right as well. Like I said I am not sure if this is a cinematic masterpiece, but it's a film that all movie buff should at least watch once.
7.9/10