An interesting attempt at neo-noir but it quickly loses its grip on the audience. Shame really because the cast is really good! It really should have been better!
Andrew McCarthy, Chazz Palminteri, Daniel Baldwin
Too much surface. Director Lee (The Edge) Tomahori's noir story serves as a McGuffin to its ripe style. Amid secret agendas and unspeakable acts onscreen you stare at the fall of light across o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
Stats: 175 reviews
Flixster Reviews (175)
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September 29, 2009
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May 18, 2008
Better than I expected, but still just another LAPD 50's movie. Don't know why there are so many of this genera, and don't know why I seem to have seen them all. Still, this one is by far the best. The cast is great, and hearing John Malkovich talk about atomic energy is fun-t...( read more)
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November 20, 2007
some regular actors in like nick nolte and michael madsen, chaz and chris penn you expect this is gonna be alright, and it was but that's all. it's so so. jennifer connely looked fit as fuck in it. the running jokes were stale after hearing about them the 2nd time. it wasn't bad ...( read more)
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September 10, 2007
I'll put this film in a simple and kind way. Lee Tamahori is no Curtis Hanson or Roman Polanski and this film is no L.A Confidential or Chinatown
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July 14, 2007
An attempt to revisit hard-boiled noir detective movies that pre-dated LA Confidential by a year, but this is all style and no substance. All the elements are there, but it just feels like a half-hearted pastiche of ideas pilfered from other sources, and the ensemble cast of pseu...( read more)
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December 13, 2008
A good movie with a great cast but would have been better if it had more character development, There are also a few cliche moments & some unconvincing ones
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November 20, 2008
Tamahori's attempt at film noir is only fair. Sure, the murky cinematogrphy, abundance of snp brim fedoras and cigrette smoke make their presence felt but it just doesn't cut it. Nolte is a solid lead and the scenes he shares with Malkovich's sinister Army General are amongst som...( read more)
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August 12, 2008
want to see this film for Jennifer Connelly!!
I heard she get fucked in film from behind, wooowh!!
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