An inferior and overlong film based on the Leopold/Loeb case, made famous by Hitchcock in his movie, Rope.
Director Barbet Schroeder disappoints with the thrills and with some horrid CGI. Sandra Bullock is the tough, no nonsense cop out to get the killers but she has her own demons to fight.
Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt play the intellectual types showing their mental superiority in planning the perfect murder but still come across as high school spoilt rich kids, even though one is a geek and the other is a brat.
Young Gosling shows early promise, Bullock is convincing in a straight dramatic role but the film is dull and a let down with some poor writing and plot points. How did Gosling guess Bullock was following him? Who leaked the information that the kids were being interrogated?
Director Barbet Schroeder disappoints with the thrills and with some horrid CGI. Sandra Bullock is the tough, no nonsense cop out to get the killers but she has her own demons to fight.
Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt play the intellectual types showing their mental superiority in planning the perfect murder but still come across as high school spoilt rich kids, even though one is a geek and the other is a brat.
Young Gosling shows early promise, Bullock is convincing in a straight dramatic role but the film is dull and a let down with some poor writing and plot points. How did Gosling guess Bullock was following him? Who leaked the information that the kids were being interrogated?