What's so great about it?

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2008)

I guess it might have been the hype, but half way through the movie it was starting to get pretty obvious who Mr. Soze was. (Yes, that's the spoiler.) So if the "twist" ending was supposed to be the great thing about this movie, I guess the script killed it for me.
What I found most sorely lacking in this movie was characters. They're all the same: cold, tough criminals or cold, tough cops. There are no human beings in this movie. And where are the women?
It's above average for a crime/thriller movie, but it's not really that great.
Some other movies (of varying quality) it reminds me of:
Se7en, A Clockwork Orange, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sin City, A Better Tomorrow.