Slick nonsense

Rating: 5/10 (20 October 2002)

The more one thinks about this film, the more outlandish it becomes. To me, this film falls into the thriller/mystery trap. Create a bunch of cool characters, throw in a lot of swearing (I guess it makes them seem tougher) and then create a story that keeps boxing itself into the corner and then at the end throw in a twist so audacious that the audience in amazement at the filmmaker's arrogance will capitulate. Well, not me. I can't believe one bit of it. Bryan Singer gets a good performance from his cast, the exception being Kevin Pollak who comes across a someone desperately trying to show how tough he is even though he isn't. The film looks slick and stylish but sadly the ending is just too unbelievable to let me recommend it.