part praise, part pan

Rating: 2/10 (16 October 2001)

It is not often that there is a movie that I wanted to walk out of, and not many that I have walked out on. I did barely stay to the end of this one, and actually did like the ending. I thought the acting was superb, the story line probably read well, and that the cinematography was well-done, but this movie drug on forever. There just was too little content for the plot line. Not one I would recommend seeing. Of course, if you liked this one, you would probably like "Bad Lieutenant" with Harvey Keitel. Sorry, I cannot give this movie high marks, which really disappoints me, as much as my disappointment in having picked this one over five other movies playing that night at our local theater. I must not have been alone, because one of my companions did leave after about 15 minutes and the other went to the concession stand twice. I just stared at the screen wondering how much longer the "training day" would last. My biggest elation with this movie was seeing the ending credits beginning to roll across the screen.