Matt Damon gets hit in the face many times

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2006)

This movie had an all-star cast that delivered. Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg delivered some great dead pan lines, Leo DeCaprio was great as a tortured soul, and Jack Nicholson was a fantastic bad guy. But this movie could have under gone some serious editing. Jack Nicholson had a girlfriend that served no purpose, heck, for that matter the love interest of Damon and DeCaprio didn't really serve a purpose either. DeCaprio's love scene served no purpose. There was symbolism with a church at the beginning and end that really wasn't tied into the movie as a whole, and Nicholson's character starts to go mad and we don't really know why, or it isn't show in a fluid manner. I know this movie is a remake - I've never seen the original so that doesn't matter to me. While over all, it was entertaining, the best thing about it was that Matt Damon was hit in the face numerous times. Bottom line, save your money and rent this on video instead of going to the theater.