Of rats and men

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2007)

This movie is a good one, worth watching and all. This being said, I got kind of bored watching it. I mean, OK, the tension was 'female repelling' high and the idea was kind of funny. But in the end you just ask yourself are you the wiser for watching the movie or did you just waste 150 minutes of your life?
The actors all play very well, the directing is flawless and I even liked the soundtrack. It was an inspirational insight into the lives of Italo-Irish mobsters and the state police, locked into a perpetual battle that no single side can win. Yet, it was all it was.
Bottom line: you have to either enjoy the genre very much and see the references to other movies of the same type or have a lot of time on your hands to watch it and really like it.