Splendid story of the dual nature of everything!

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2007)

Layer upon layer of this story keeps sweeping over me. It lapses and recedes, fading after only a few minutes past the credits. I'd like recommend this movie not only as an entertainment, but as a philosophic proposal about 'right' versus 'wrong'.
The movie begins with a very good question about "getting your hands dirty" and it's this very question that adults *should* think about when facing judgment about war and crime. The fact is that anybody can justify how far they go. But it's the accountability to those whom you effect that matters.
For those who haven't seen the movie, this all probably means nothing to you and you think I'm talking like an idiot. Assume you are right and see the movie anyway. It's dark humor and tricks will give credit to a well made production, with the well-matched talents of all the actors.
It seems funny that they had to get Hugh to take off his shirt in almost any movie he's been in, and while I don't complain about it, it seemed almost cheap for this performance. I wonder if it was in the contract?
This was an emotionally turbulent movie, and although I never felt compelled to cry due to my leathery nature, there are many significant scenes that would be too traumatic for the gentle-hearted and young. Seeing someone drown is bad one time, seeing it happen several times is even more so. Funny how watching an actor get shot isn't nearly as harmful?