Good film, unexpected ending

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2001)

Denzel Washington is wonderfully and diabolically evil as we have never seen him before...Ethan Hawke plays his part very well, evolving in one day from innocence to cynicism, anger & violence. The last third of the show went a little overboard, losing some of the believability, but overall it enthralling, albeit sometimes disturbing. (I noticed that Jaime P Gomez from Nash Bridges played the part of one of Denzel's "henchmen" and think that his name should have been on the billing as well as Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, etc.) The entire supporting cast was fantastic, the background was realistic because it was the real thing. On a scale of 10 I would give the movie a 7, and Denzel a 10!