Each character gets an opening vignette, a couple of milestone fights, and an ending scene, but they take the form of mostly -
silent dialogue exchanges and grainy pans over the usually crisp artwork.
Every scene is an exercise in drawn - out affectation, with the characters»
silent stares at each other, gazes off into nothing, and pauses between
dialogue exchanges — all set to meaningful piano twinkles and drum beats — so distended as to intimate parody, an impression exacerbated by William twice telling enforcer Vincent (Martin Donovan) that his comments sound like something from a movie.