Great performances, choppy editing.

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2006)

I thought the entire cast was excellent. The performances made the movie for me. It didn't seem very Scorsese-ish though. Its a cops and robbers kind of movie and it seemed to me like it could have been directed by anyone competent and didn't require a master filmmaker. It didn't explore the psyche of these people in the way that Goodfellas did, but as a popcorn thriller, it worked.
I didn't really like how the sound and picture were cut though. It felt a little choppy, but it was clearly the style Scorsese was going for. Like the music would cut out suddenly or it was competing with the dialogue. Sometimes picture edits would bump together like a jump cut. Did anyone else notice this?