Too bloody long... literally

Rating: 4/10 (14 October 2006)

By the time half of this very l-o-o-o-o-n-g bullets-and-blood saga has rolled by there has been so much violence depicted that the dozen or more graphically depicted additional killings lose most of their shock value. This movie should have been titled "Overkill." Also, it includes a tedious overuse of the f-word, now apparently Hollywood's go-to expression when the Muses fail script writers. Then, were one a Boston cop/detective/investigator one would have cause to be plenty miffed at having the police department portrayed, as done here, as being populated by a bunch of screaming bunglers who are badly in need of remedial investigation and surveillance skills. This movie is too long --by 2 1/2 hours. Better watch another "Law & Order" episode...