Slow 90's style beginning but the meat of the story was good...UNTIL THE END!

[Directors Cut] Seeing directing/acting/producing credits I was honestly expecting cheesy blockbuster. What I got is a nice throwback at the late night TV thrillers back in the early 90's. Sleazy, violent and dark b-movie. Perhaps that's a bit of a guilt pleasure, but I enjoyed it more than Top Gun or Days of Thunder. Diversity points for Tony Scott.

Only advisable to wtach if you are a huge Costner-Fan...

Basic pulp-novel passion and torment, swathed in Scott's patented visual goop, as if he were under the impression he was making "Tristan and Isolde". Show-stopping turn by James Gammon as a substance-abusing old cowpoke. Clock-stopping turn by Sally Kirkland as an over-the-hill rock-and-roller. And then some steady support from Miguel Ferrer, barely identifiable in the goop.

Kevin Costner isn't so bad here, but the movie itself is really bad. Talk about a confused, hindered, unexciting thriller that ultimately leads to a depressing outcome after all is said and done. Besides, our lead character barely gets his 'revenge,' and it takes over half the movie to even get anywhere. A major bore. If you're not asleep by the forty-minute mark, I commend you.

What was the point?

Not bad.

Remarkably dull for a movie that had this much potential. Overlong and with way too much of Tony Scott's patented visual goop

If it wasn't such a simple formula revenge story, it would be confusing as heck.

Gaab

Brutal, shallow thriller that is too predictable to be enjoyable.