Outstanding film

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2015)

I first watched this film 10 years ago and remember being very impressed.I watched it again the other day and it blew my socks off. This is a film for the ages.What sets it apart is not the riveting performance by Denzel Washington but the ensemble performance by all the actors in this film.Every word and gesture seems authentic and true.If you like observing people in all their complexity this is the film for you.It is very much a film about the 'mean streets' and it's violent inhabitants but this is no simple exploitation action film.It reminds of a play that was adapted for the screen in the way that every scene is carefully crafted and woven into a rich,complex narrative.