one to buy

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2006)

i liked the action, the intrigue, the grim reality of just what happens/has happened in the real world. story well done and well acted.
few criticisms: i'd preferred to have seen less of edward Wilson, jr's wife-to-be's demise. it makes more of an impression being rubbed into your skull for having gone on so long, but... i'd have gotten the picture had they cut from 'the exit' to the wedding dress floating down. hmm seems the scene of turturro's character beating the real valentin perhaps went on a bit as well... but arguably, it helped set the feeling for just how long these things go on.
and, mrs brad was not bad. (this from someone who switched the channel 15 min into "tomb raider.") in that i resent the whole brangelina show, would enjoyed panning her. yes, i'd have preferred to see someone else in there. but, she was OK.