The movie boasts a cast producers would nowadays have to pay a handsome price for. The movie is entertaining, has a sufficient number of action scenes, a successfully unpredictable plot and characters who initially would appear to be mismatched turn out to make quite an ensemble. I can't believe I had not seen or heard of it at the time; anyway, I'm glad I caught up with it this week. Don't mistake this movie with the 2011 production; there are no connections whatsoever.The dialogue is a Sebastian Gutierrez staple of witty and quickly delivered lines. Gutierrez has the advantage of directing his own script so he would have a better understanding of where the story is going and how it's suppose to get there. Take a second look at the cast list; I am still impressed. The funny moments, courtesy of Gutierrez' snazzy quips, do not distract from the plot, well not too much. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson objectively don't fit in their roles with their accent, but we are willing to overlook that because they do a good job. Til Schweiger was the biggest surprise to me; his character required a keen sense of humour to deliver the performance you might well remember above all other of Schweiger's own. I have not omitted Carla Gugino… I go to a different place when I think of her. If you read my reviews of "Every Day" and "Girl Walks Into A Bar", you can probably make an educated guess where that is. The overall ratings at the few sites that even bothered to include this movie are not high; I don't know why that is, so just ignore them and don't miss it if you have the chance to see it. This is a perfect choice for the evenings when you are in the mood for a movie you and you friend(s) know nothing about; come on, admit it you, have some of those. I can safely say, well over a decade late, this is a movie most everyone will like and it will sell lots of popcorn with the fake butter and gallons of Coke.

Yet another Tarantino-inspired (no point in trying to deny it) crime thriller that thinks it's a lot more clever, hip and cool than it actually is. The mix of ridiculously forced dialogue ("I had my first orgasm while staring a dead cow in the eye" or "Projecting your fear on me will not help matters") and strained Southern accents is enough to make anyone turn off the movie early on. But if you do stick with it, you will be rewarded with a decently twisted plot and some good performances (nice to see Hal Holbrook still working and in perfect form). (**)

I admit it;I bought this movie because Alan Rickman is in it, and I'm a huge fan of his. But I was surprised by the whole film. I got a little worried when the first scene I saw was a lesbian porn-movie, but that was soon forgotten. The plot is good, and I was totally into it from the first minute. The camera's been used to give you a kind of stressed feeling, and I think I got a little stressed with the characters. This movie left me staring blankly at the screen first time I watched it, and I wasn't sure what I'd just seen. Now that I've seen it a couple of time, though, I think it's a great film. I couldn't help but notice how much Rickman's character, David Friedman, resembles John Rebus (books by Ian Rankin). The same sarcastic, dry humor. Old battered car. Divorced, one daughter. Likes to do things his own way, and doesn't let a beating stop him. The only thing I slightly disliked about this movie was that you felt like you were thrown into the last episode of a tv show, not knowing what had been going on before. I felt there should have been more both before and after. But in the end, that's the charm of the film. You're thrown into it, and before you know it it's over and you're left wondering what the hell just happened. I recomend this one. Really recomend it!

I caught this film on a lark, never having heard of it, and not knowing what to expect. It is a very well done plot twister, reminiscent of "Body Heat," and with a great cast of unknown young people, backed up by more established stars like Emma Thompson, Alan Ricker, and Hal Holbrooke. You're never really sure about what is happening until the end.