A good movie

To be honest, it has been in a while since I have seen this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it is probably the weakest outing for Christopher Nolan so far but it was actually far from being a bad movie. Indeed, after impressing a lot of people with 'Memento', his second directing effort, Christopher Nolan got his break in Hollywood and he was this time allowed to make his first studio picture with two big stars, no less than Al Pacino and Robin Williams. In fact, many think that Williams gave here one of his best performances and he did indeed a great job, losing his usual hysteria, playing a man who was exactly the opposite: introvert, rather quite but still lethal. For Al Pacino, it was one of his last decent performances and since then his career has been filled with some average or even terrible features which is quite a shame. For Nolan, like many other directors before him, his first gig was a remake and, as such, it was not completely rewarding but it was still an interesting experiment. To conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, it remains a solid and moody thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Christopher Nolan's work.


7/10