Clay
If I had one word to describe this movie, it would be "derivative". However, as a man of many words, I'd probably use a plethora of other terms such as, "self-important", "shamelessly imitative", "what an ass-biter", "too cute for its own good", "wishes it was directed by Quentin Tarintino", and a host of many other negative comments.
I can imagine the pitch for this one: "Pulp Fiction meets Usual Suspects, plus we'll throw in some Godfather shit...we can't lose! We're gonna have some jive-talkin' hit men, a mysterious Super Killer ('Big Cat/Keyser Soze'), two warring families, witty dialog, and Lucy Liu will reprise Uma Thurman's role...no sweat!"
God, I had high hopes for this one. Early write-ups for the film made it sound like another great high-action Pulp Fiction style film...unfortunately, the whole damn thing is an attempted rip-off of every other film in the genre. Perhaps the only thing that saves this film whatsoever is the decent performance (IMHO) by the lead actor, Josh Harnett (Sleven). And I can still see how some people might hate his extremely-smug delivery. I even felt bad for Morgan Freeman..how the hell did he get roped into this one. I guess he fell for the pitch.
Overall, 3/8 slices. Some might love it...not me.
TARA
My reaction to this film, in a nutshell: let me pick my knitting and chart intarsia (i.e. the film is best used as an excuse to go do something else--even something extremely boring.)
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