Hard to swallow.

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2003)

Now how do I swallow this? As a pill or should we crunch it down into a liquid form? Whatever you do, it's a hard film to swallow. Far fetch may be the solution but you have to admire these filmmakers' desperate attempt to force feed us with this plot about a rich person's morality game. Michael Douglas tries in vain to convince us that he is a cold ruthless financial head, rolling in money and ego, (WALL STREET all over again?). But his little brother, Conrad, (Sean Penn in another manic performance), sets him up for a gift he'll never forget. Director, Fincer, uses his technical craft to enhance the thrills but if you're quick, you'll work out the ending fifteen minutes into the film.