A good movie

Even though Val Kilmer’s career has become pretty pathetic nowadays, I still have a weak spot for the guy and I really wanted to check this flick. Eventually, even though it was not really great, it was actually pretty good and, I would go as far as saying that it is his last decent he made for which he had the lead (he did make a few decent movies later on ‘The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ or even ‘Deja vu’ but he didn’t have the lead in those). This time, Val Kilmer was working with David Mamet and, basically, David Mamet is one highly regarded director, and he is even more highly regarded as a writer (he even won the Pulitzer prize) but I always have a hard time with his work. I don’t know, his movies are always intriguing but there is somehow always something missing to make them really remarkable. This movie must be my favorite of his and still, it was not really great though. I mean, Val Kilmer was really good, I really liked the mood but, at the end of the day, it remains a rather pedestrian and predictable spy thriller. To conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, I still liked the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10