Taken as a whole I think this movie is a bit of a stinker, mainly due to the 8th grade philosophizing. Defoe is usually pretty good, but he's a little over the top in this one. "THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT!!!" is right up there with Al Pacino's yelling in Heat and anything uttered by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill on the cringe-meter.
That said, it's an entertaining (if shallow) movie if all you want to see is people getting killed. It seems to be very popular with the kind of people who like UFC, Camaros and barbwire tattoos.
Last edited by repete66211; 12-02-2009 at 08:21 PM.
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