Aug 2022
That was a damn good movie. Kathryn Bigelo is one of the few female directors who understands action and tension. With some of that good ol' Eric Red writing, you get a tense and well-paced thriller about a wall street guy who snaps one day and fixates on a beat cop he saw take down a bad guy.
Jamie Lee does a fantastic job here. Nobody believes anything she says except for good ol' Clancy Brown. He usually shines in villain roles, but he goes for a good-cop role this time, and it works. Ron Silver is the wall street guy who slowly descends into madness as he toys with our protagonist cop lady the entire movie, often discrediting her every chance he can get so he can ruin her life in whatever way seems to get him off. You really hate this guy the whole time, and it's great.
The other cast is full of people you'll recognize, and it even has a Brad Fiedel score. If that guy had scored any of the post-T2 sequels, those movies would probably be a lot better. So with all these great ingredients, why haven't I seen this movie sooner?
Jamie Lee does a fantastic job here. Nobody believes anything she says except for good ol' Clancy Brown. He usually shines in villain roles, but he goes for a good-cop role this time, and it works. Ron Silver is the wall street guy who slowly descends into madness as he toys with our protagonist cop lady the entire movie, often discrediting her every chance he can get so he can ruin her life in whatever way seems to get him off. You really hate this guy the whole time, and it's great.
The other cast is full of people you'll recognize, and it even has a Brad Fiedel score. If that guy had scored any of the post-T2 sequels, those movies would probably be a lot better. So with all these great ingredients, why haven't I seen this movie sooner?