Good story goes awry

Rating: 5/10 (4 October 2007)

This movie is like a steam locomotive that starts out chugging down the tracks full throttle but then loses steam and grinds to an unceremonial halt before reaching its final destination. Also, this movie suffers from some major miscasting. In this movie Robert Deniro attempts to recreate his Travis Bickle character but alas, twenty years later, it doesn't work. Also, casting Wesley Snipes as Mr. Deniro's victim is simply unbelievable, especially after Mr. Snipes's performance in Demolition Man. If anything, their roles should have been reversed. Yet the movie does make interesting use of professional sports as a venue for portraying the dynamics associated with displaced aggression. But if you want to watch a really good crime dram/thriller that effectively incorporates a baseball park into the story, watch Experiment in Terror with Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Martin Ross and Stephanie Powers. Now THAT was a great movie.