solid crime drama

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2003)

This is a well-crafted, taut crime film with not too much corn, which is refreshing in H'wood these days. It was fun to see Denzel Washington play a bad guy for a change; he deserved the Oscar. E. Hawke, T. Berenger, H. Yulin & even Snoop Dogg were good. This is the kind of tense, interesting, character-driven thing that Quentin Tarantino should be doing instead of making ridiculous Matrix-style martial arts garbage for the masses.