too good for its own good.

Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2001)

the game is terrifying, its chilling, the tension in the movie is relentless and its scary. there is no relief and the tension keeps piling on and on, till you reach a point when you say "i dont care, anymore". thats when the audience looses touch with the character and plot. i had once heard a critic have a similar complaints against fincher's "se7en", i didnt agree with that - but i do with this movie. another fault in the movie is the ending, a little too smart and complicated for its own good.
having said all that, the movie is still brilliantly made, and in-fact for the above same reasons is a stand-out in the otherwise boring hollywood action-thriller genre. david fincher took the lessons from this movie one step further to make the truly brilliant "fight club".
i am not much of a fan of michael douglas, he tends to get pretty grating, johnny depp is wasted in the movie. the best thing about the movie is the script and of course finchers deft direction.
a chilling 8!