This is a pretty well done, stylish little McGuffin movie.
It seems strangely 10 years late, as it clearly aspires to The Usual Suspects(1995) and the wave of look a likes that followed it in the mid nineties.
The acting is OK; Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley are never bad, although this one will not go down in history as one of their finer achievements. Bruce Willis plays Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett is adequate. For strange reasons I've never been that taken by Lucy Liu and Lucky Number Slevin doesn't change things for me. Seeing her trying to do Grace Kelly in Rear window just isn't convincing.
As for the plot, the talk is witty and the surprise twist sadly not that surprising. Expect to be mildly and harmlessly entertained for almost 2 hours nothing more.
It seems strangely 10 years late, as it clearly aspires to The Usual Suspects(1995) and the wave of look a likes that followed it in the mid nineties.
The acting is OK; Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley are never bad, although this one will not go down in history as one of their finer achievements. Bruce Willis plays Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett is adequate. For strange reasons I've never been that taken by Lucy Liu and Lucky Number Slevin doesn't change things for me. Seeing her trying to do Grace Kelly in Rear window just isn't convincing.
As for the plot, the talk is witty and the surprise twist sadly not that surprising. Expect to be mildly and harmlessly entertained for almost 2 hours nothing more.