The biggest fault of this movie, surprisingly, is the slow pacing. I expected this to be a non-stop action/suspense film with twists and turns at every corner. What I experienced was instead a slowly paced, insightful drama about a man torn between what he was raised to do (uphold the law) and what he was inspired to do - stand up for the small man and fight the system.
I could have dealt with this change in reality and really grasped the vision of the writer and director, had it been done in 20-30 minutes less time. This is not to say I have a limited attention span or that I don't like to think while I watch films - on the contrary, I love the challenge. I suppose some of the limitations were based on this being a true story, in which case I applaud them for sticking to the truth. But, they could have cut the fluff and gotten to the meat of what really happened and I would have been greatly entertained.
Instead, I was constantly checking the time and wondering when it would be over.
Performances were stellar, especially Thomas Jane.
One fault of this film for Americans is the thick accent used throughout. It really made it difficult to understand what they were saying, so for those out there who are interested in seeing this, I suggest you wait for the DVD and watch it with subtitles on.
Overall, a good film, but I was really hoping it would be great.
6/10 rating.
ebhp
I could have dealt with this change in reality and really grasped the vision of the writer and director, had it been done in 20-30 minutes less time. This is not to say I have a limited attention span or that I don't like to think while I watch films - on the contrary, I love the challenge. I suppose some of the limitations were based on this being a true story, in which case I applaud them for sticking to the truth. But, they could have cut the fluff and gotten to the meat of what really happened and I would have been greatly entertained.
Instead, I was constantly checking the time and wondering when it would be over.
Performances were stellar, especially Thomas Jane.
One fault of this film for Americans is the thick accent used throughout. It really made it difficult to understand what they were saying, so for those out there who are interested in seeing this, I suggest you wait for the DVD and watch it with subtitles on.
Overall, a good film, but I was really hoping it would be great.
6/10 rating.
ebhp