They don't get any better than this!

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2005)

This film marks a return to the "classic thriller" genre, with fast paced action, superb acting, plenty of "red herrings" and a total pay-off at the end.
Kevin Spacey is great as the dumb-but-loyal small time criminal "gimp", one of several "usual suspects" the NYPD had been "eyeing" in connection with a puzzling shoot-out on deck of a ship believed to have contained a multi-million dollar cargo of cocaine. The story twists and turns, leading the viewer into every possible wrong direction first, until eventually concluding with a WHAMMY!
I place this thriller right up there with "Double Jeopardy" and "Face-Off", and of course "American Beauty", as one of the absolute best films of the past decade in its genre.