slightly predictable ???

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2006)

sorry, I might seem to go against the flow here...but to me, at least, the plot seemed slightly predictable...and towards the last 40-30 minutes of the movie I was just waiting for "them" to reveal us the "unexpected" twist ending... don't get me wrong. maybe I've seen too many movies lately. and for sure I've seen this movie too late. but I cannot see it at all now as a breakthrough. more like a more-than-average- suspense-cops-and robbers-movie.
yes, the acting is fine. and Kevin Spacey is good in this role. he got some well-deserved awards in 1996, for his role in this movie as well as for that in Seven. no doubts about that, none so ever.
but I'm really surprised that it got so many awards for the script. The Academy Award, I won't comment. The academy's got a mind of its own...a profane like me won't even attempt to understand its reasons. But the Independent Spirit Award for best script...original script...come on...could it be that 1995 was such a bad year for movies ???
OK, maybe I'm looking at this from the wrong perspective...