Fantastic Story-telling and Film-taking, I Only Wished the Story'd Been Better!!!

Rating: 6/10 (5 August 2006)

The main actors in this movie (DelToro and Spencer) were almost both at their best in this portrayal of intelligent crime carried out with confidence by its main actors. The film-taking of the picture is again most possibly the reason it finds itself at All-time's top Crime and Thriller hits. The suspense is well-kept though it does have the potential of turning out as more if only the story had more to-be-cheered-for intelligence and suspense. The suspense is meant to reach its peak in the last 30 minutes and even more in the last ten, but I felt it needed to also arise a sense of amusement and power rather more than what was filmed.
Nonetheless, I shall stress on the brilliance of the story-telling and draw a dividing line between that and the story itself. The story-telling truly is carried out perfectly and certainly does come second, if not next to All-Time Fantastic Movies, the likes of Godfather or Shawshank Redemption, etc., though in the 'Crime & Thriller' genre. The story again seemed to be too simplified at the end and the mystery was solved using little light-shedding which could be masterminded to have more of a sense of complication, as perhaps portrayed by the like of Sir Arthur Canon Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes series.
All in all, a recommendation for all "crime-genre" lovers and thriller-fans, though maybe a bit of a turn-down for suspense lovers.