A good movie

I remember, when I got my first appartment, me and my buddys would rent a movie almost everyday and we would watch the most random things. We watched a lot of garbage back then but one movie I really enjoyed was this flick starring Mel Gibson. It is only afterwards that I discovered that it was a some kind of cult-classic. In my opinion, it is even the last good movie starring Mel Gibson. Basically, it is some kind of néo-film noir with a pretty good cast (Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Deborah Kara Unger, Lucy Liu, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn) with a badass anti-hero killing a bunch people just to get his 70.000$. This feature was aslo Brian Helgeland's directing debut (he would later on make 'A Knight's tale' starring the late Heath Ledger). Helgeland is originally a screenwriter but he definitely has some talent as a director and it is too bad he doesn't make more movies. Another interesting fact is that the production for this theatrical version was actually stormy as Helgeland got fired and 30% of the film was re-shot. Knowing this fact, I re-watched it yesterday and in spite of this, the movie still does work for me. Since then, a director's cut has been released and maybe I will check it out someday. To conclude, even though it is nothing mind-blowing, it remains a decent and entertainig neo-noir and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10