Largely a modern version of the Icarus story

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2006)

There seems to be one huge, giant, all-encompassing plot hole in this film that I couldn't quite forget. Roger Ebert discusses it in his review, so I won't re-capitulate it here. Aside from that, it is a reasonably entertaining film. Matthew McConaughey turns in a fine performance here, I have to say, even though I am generally not a fan. Al Pacino chews the scenery the way he does in recent years, and it would be hard to avoid being entertained by that. Rene Russo was very good, and quite beautiful, as usual. The direction was unobtrusive, and the photography good. The story arc is largely a modern version of the Icarus story, with some Hollywood-type pap added on at the end. Worth checking out, if not writing home about.