No suspense or drama, lots of exposition.

Rating: 3/10 (1 January 2010)

To be completely honest, I have not managed to watch all of this film. I gave up after about 45 minutes.
It seems to me that the film has zero suspense or drama. Most of the scenes seemed to just be exposition. The pacing of the film seems to be completely even throughout - it doesn't matter what is happening on-screen - the editing is exactly the same, the shots are the same, etc...
For example, the film opens up with a quick succession of set-up scenes, to introduce you to the character and the situation at the time. A few short scenes with expository dialogue. Problem, is, it turns out not to just be an intro - the entire film is like this.
De Niro may be a great actor, but this is an extremely tedious film.