Good off-beat film. The story is a bit formulaic, but acting is good.

very very frustrating for me because this is along the lines of the movie i would love to one day make except that it's too strongly rooted in genre (it needs to be to an extent but not this much) and nowhere near blurry enough. argh i could fucking make this ten times better. fuck you sean penis

This movie is worth seeing for an exceptionally nuanced, subdued Jack Nicholson performance. Benicio Del Toro is also very fine--as usual--in his small part. Penn is a fine director of actors, but--like many actor-directors--has trouble knowing where to end a scene. Consequently, the movie lacks structure and force.

In which Mickey Rourke shows up for about two minutes and permanently obliterates anyone's chances of ever looking like a decent actor by comparison.

One of those movies that was released in the Jan/Feb nether zone because nobody thought it would make any money. Perhaps this is too bleak and too grownup for normal people. I found it highly absorbing from start to finish. Be advised that this is *not* the cop thriller that the trailer makes it look like

oh my god, i've got to draw the line somewhere.

Entertaining film with Nicholson in an interesting role.

Ich liebe Jack Nicholson und auch nur deßhalb hat der Film so viele Punkte bekommen. Ein anderer Hauptdarsteller hätte die eher langweilige Rolle gnadenlos versiebt, da bin ich mir sicher. Schauspielerisch Top, Filmisch Flop.

Great film with a great cast, just wish the ending was different.

More of a character study in obsession than a thriller, this downbeat film features a great cast on good form, but was sabotaged by weak direction in depicting the protagonist's mental breakdown.