Never been a big fan of either Scott. Distractingly directed and overlong film fails to engage the emotions, perhaps for this reason, though works best in relationship between burned out bodyguard Denzel Washington and ward Dakota Fanning. Otherwise lots of torture and killing ensue, with the dumb Americans deciding that dismemberment, bomb up the arse etc are fine for kids through its R rating. Not great screenplay either, though disappearance of Walken's character may have been down to post production mucking about. (I was hoping he'd suddenly appear at the end to save the day.)
Some of the in-out flicky camera (Paul Cameron), editing (Christian Wagner) and post processing made me laugh out loud.
With Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke.
Remake of 1987 film based on novel by A.J. Quinnell, allegedly suggested by video store employee Quentin Tarantino.
Was wondering how it was received in Mexico...
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