Strange movie

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 2000)

The first hour of this film was fantastic! It was a sensitive story about dead men walking, living on death rope, life and death, etc. But then suddenly a condemned prisoner turns out to be a magician or something, and he starts helping the guards. From that moment on, everything is utterly predictable, clichÃ©, and dumb. Why did they have to mix these two things together, when the first was good enough and more?
The first half is worth 9/10, popped down from a perfect ten only for being too slow. But I still don't give this movie more than 6/10, because of the dumb second half.
/Anna