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Title: painfully bad!
Review: The first thing that struck me about this movie is how forced and amatuerish the acting is in this film. this film is trying so hard to be noirish that the dialogue comes across as pretentcious and ridiculous. And whats up with scarlet johansen? this is the second film in a row that i have seen her in where her acting has been wooden and just plain bad! it looks like she has no range at all. her acting looks like something straight out of a highschool play. josh harnett is totally lost in the lead role and clearly does not have the acting chops to carry this film,and he is way too pretty to play the washed up fighter or the hard boiled cop .there is no chemistry between josh and scarlett..the other actors in this film are so over the top that its painful to watch. even the great hillary swank is lost in her portrayal. brian depalma really mutilated this film .its a mess, dont even bother watching it.
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