Good plot, good cast, good location. I was expecting more character development throughout the movie, which ended like a Wes Craven's classic: bloody.

So, two college kids conspire to kill someone they don't know, in cold blood, and then frame someone else, and then kill that person too? Apparently just because they want to, and to try and beat the cops? Does anyone at all consider this as normal behavior, even in the USA?Then the cops come in, Bullock and Chaplin. They have their own issues. She is called "Hyena" by other colleagues, he is fresh out of cop-school. And she has to cope with her own demons from the past.Gosling was 22, Pitt 21, in the main roles. I can't understand why Sandra Bullock agreed to take part in this nonsense, but her performance lifts my rating from a 1. There is nothing special about any of the scenes, or the dialogue. The story flips between now and the events of the killing which is a bit confusing.

I was amazed to find that this particular picture had induced no fewer than 300 user reviews when I looked it up on IMDb. I find that really astonishing, particularly as the theme has been used before and – despite its top-scale budget – this movie was obviously designed for a TV rather than a theatrical presentation. The director loves close-ups. Even minor characters get the close-up treatment. Mind you, production values are more than TV can afford, although a vital special effects scene at the climax is so shoddily done, it must have seriously undermined the audience's reaction when projected on a cinema's huge screen. Nevertheless, although it could stand a little trimming, the movie does come across effectively thanks to very convincing acting from everyone in the cast from the leads to the minor players and even to the extras. Available on an excellent Warner DVD.

Übermensch (Beyond-Man), Wagner and Nietzsche were not enough for Mr.Tony Gayton, the writer of the script. He added the completely different subplot about Bullock's personal problems. It was like watching two merged movies. Anyway I saw some fine acting and a good cinematography: with a kind of "fan cut" the movie could arrive easily to 9/10. I'd delete completely Sam's character and I'd not done Richard (Gosling) the favor of letting him die by accident. My ending would have been on the double arrest after the failed double suicide. Getting to keep movie's duration under 100 minutes. I'd cut all flashbacks, too. Flashback is EVIL! I had fun with this movie. I will distribute the fan-edition through illegal channels. Keep in touch :)