Remember: Atom Egoyan steps out of his rut with this unapologetically pulpy thriller, with Christopher Plummer's
superb work heightened by a script that grows increasingly compelling (and twisty) as time progresses.
Not exact matches
Filmmaker Richard Shepard does a
superb job of immediately luring the viewer into the briskly - paced proceedings, as Dom Hemingway opens with an irresistibly over-the-top stretch detailing the central protagonist's prison - based exploits - with the movie's effectiveness
heightened considerably by Law's magnetic and gloriously scene - chewing
work here.
Starker in color and contrast than his etchings, Shapiro's woodcuts also show off
superb carving and a
heightened wood grain that make the block itself a central figure of the
works.