Better cast than story

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2005)

I definitely enjoyed the movie with all the great acting performances, but thought it dragged on a little during the second hour. The interactions between Walken and Hopper, Slater and Oldman, and Arquette and Gandolfini are all fun to watch.
One of the main issues I had was making up my mind about Christian Slater and whether to think of him as a hero or not. Also what happens to Walken? It seems odd that he has his one scene and then only his men are involved throughout the rest of the movie.
I went back and forth on whether to give this movie a 6 or 7, but as I think back to the earlier parts of the movie, it's worth it's 7.