Best Seller Rating: Release Date: 04 June, 2002 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.96! Cast: James Woods Brian Dennehy Kathleen Lloyd James Dean Complete Cast (11 total)

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It is truly a gem
Somehow, I missed this when it was released theatrically, and I'm sorry I did.

James Woods gives a boffo performance as a professional hit man, who tries (for a long time) to convince a cop named Dennis (Brian Dennehy) that he is telling him the truth about his life as a killer. Woods plays Cleve, and is simply fantastic. Other reviewers emphasize Woods' performance, but Dennehy more than holds his own.

Cleve is the type of person you'd be fascinated as heck to know from a distance, but I'm sure I'd not be very comfortable up close and personal with such a violent, loose cannon. He can be sympathetic, but just when you think you can trust him, he turns horribly violent. Besides, a lot of people in his life just seem to end up dead!

There are some formulaic aspects to the film, but all in all, it's fresh, compelling, and the kind of movie you're going to remember for quite a while. It will actually keep you guessing to the end.

If you are looking for a taunt, tense thriller, this is a great choice. How come I've never heard of it? I'm not sure. I just can't understand how it was overlooked.

Highly recommended.

Best Seller - Typical
Brian Dennehy plays a cop who moonlights as a best-selling crime novelist, and James Woods is a psychopath killer who wangles him into writing his biography, which will primarily be an expose of a leading mob boss/corporation. There's lots of suspense as they fly around the country with Woods pitching Dennehy proof and evidence. Woods is truly a psycho sadist, and Dennehy despises him, though part of him can't help like him, too. Lots of violence and killings with Woods picking off almost the whole corporation before getting killed himself trying to save Dennehy's daughter. A lot of what's going on here is just surface stuff, though there is some attempt to get at character development.

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