An average movie

I don’t know why exactly but I always thought that this movie (especially its title) sounded really cool. On top of that, there was a really nice cast (Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer) and I always had a weak spot about movies dealing about 2 best friends on both sides of the law, even though it is actually a rather far-fetched premise. So, you had here all the ingredients for a very nice neo-noir feature and it was indeed fairly enjoyable but I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. Basically, they paid a lot of attention towards the details and the mood which were fine but I thought that the story was just a little too convoluted for its own good. At the end of the day, I’m not really sure I really cared about the characters involved and what they were going through. Anyway, it was quite successful at the box-office and it is rather surprising that it took Robert Towne 10 years to finally come up with a directing follow-up (‘Without Limits’ which I haven’t seen yet). Anyway, even though I wasn’t completely impressed by the whole thing, it is still a decent flick and I think it is definitely worth a look.

6/10