A hero story unlike any you have ever seen.

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2000)

A very slow moving film for the first hour and a half, however, the purpose and brilliance of the mood and pacing is revealed in the final minutes and is well worth the wait. The revelation would not have had impact without the pacing, making it necessary and moving in it's effectiveness. The subject matter was also daring, brave, etc. A hero story unlike any you have ever seen and evil rearing it's head when you least expect it. I was dying to see if he could do it again...twist a story so much that you leave thinking about it for days. I felt he could and he did not disappoint. The last movie that made me think this much after I left the theater was The Matrix. 'Nuff Said.