Strong, stylish and extremely fun. Unusually you'll feel for the leads.

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2001)

Good performances all round on this film, but particular credit goes, as always, to Christopher Walken who shines as the gangster. Gary Oldman's character is by far the strangest of his career. A very funny but dark tale with some quiet tough and violent scenes. Not at all what I expected, a genuine start to a story that just seems to keep "upping the ante" until everything is out of the main characters control. Slow tension build up throughout, and you'll suddenly find yourself really caring about the leads without thinking.