overdone, and silly

Rating: 6/10 (20 October 2006)

somewhat entertaining, mainly because of the sheer star-power. But even these performances fall short - like Jack Nicholson's overwrought version of that now too familiar smarmy diabolical thing he does. And all the characters were flat - Sheen the professorly good cop; Wahlberg the unabashed, loud-mouthed crime-hating hard-ass cop; Damon, the overly Boston-ized bad cop; and poor Alex Baldwin, stuck in a SNL-like caricature of a good-natured simpleton. Otherwise, no change, no growth, no depth to any of the characters, so, therefore, thus, no compelling character driven-story. A meandering plot that takes wayyyyyy too long to climax, loaded with unnecessary, and often unresolved, and often very foreseeable sub-plots - like the hot psychiatrist (Vera Farmiga)who bangs both protagonists, then becomes pregnant, and then, walks out of the story, having contributed nothing to the plot or to our understanding of the main characters.
too long, and very so-so. very poor writing...