goofs

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2006)

Overall it was a very well made film, but for being done by an anal-retentive director, I would have thought the editing would be better. It is not that I didn't enjoy it, it is that with the story line so 'tight', you try to pick up on everything. Maybe it is because I also act that I notice these things. Two big scenes that stand out in my mind were the picture of Madolyn on a bike as a child and then Colin's gun being left in the elevator. In one scene, Madolyn pulls th picture out of the box at Colin's apartment and he takes the box away to put it in the bedroom with the picture back in it. Nice big close up of the pic in the scene. About 15 minutes later, Billy comes to her apartment and she is still packing, OK not totally moved out, but there is the same picture and Billy actually hangs it on the wall! Wow, it was so obviously done wrong. I thought maybe she brought the box back, but earlier she told Billy that she only had 3 weeks left on the lease. Nobody would float the box back and forth between apartments if you are definitely moving into one. The other scene was at the end when Billy had Colin on the roof, took his gun, and shoved it down the back of his pants (like all good cops do). After the elevator door opened on the first floor and Billy 'got it', Colin shoots two other guys and walks out. The next scene is him being interviewed on what happened. I kept waiting for the cops to say, "and how did your gun get into his pants?" Might be a minor detail, but could have been done better. Either take the gun before leaving the scene or explain why the gun was there. Like I said, overall good flick but Madolyn's character had no real drive in her for either guy. Dialogue wasn't believable.