When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Engrossing and diverting enough on a moment-to-moment basis but is overtooled.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
29 Oct 2008
fresh:
Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection...
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The film isn't just about cops and robbers, but about two systems of doing business, and how one of the systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other.