A little boring here and there, but overall, not that bad of a film and pretty interesting

Rating: 7/10 (12 July 2005)

I rented The Insider almost a week ago and now seeing it this morning. I love Michael Mann and most of his films. Heat, to be my favorite of his films, opened up in 1995. Four years later Mann opens up with a new film called The Insider. The top cast is Al Pacino who starred in Heat, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, and Phillip Baker Hall. The movie was beyond interesting and had such good dialogue, it wasn't even funny. Al Pacino and Russell Crowe had ground breaking performances and brought a lot of intensity to the movie, which I praise highly. The movie is very interesting but for a 2 hour and 38 minute film, a lot of people could lose their interest into it and be in boredom which I unlikely entered. I liked the movie and it wasn't t bad at all but the film needed more energy if it wants to please everyone. Michael Mann sure did tons of research on the movie and succeeded but it didn't have the energy like his other films.
Hedeen's Outlook: 6.5/10 **+ C