Well, I enjoyed watching it!

It's the lousy script, indy. Spader does his best, which cannot be said of all his performances (eg Curtain Call.
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Saw it tonight, thought it was pretty decent. Spader is always a disturbed anti hero, marisa tomei is always hot, and considering i already hate keanu reeves, he was cast perfectly as a guy youre supposed to hate. I can't see how this movie would get such bad reviews. at the worst, it was an average film, but by no means was it bad, in my opinion.

There's always it seems going to be a big chunk of people- haters that knock good movies. Is it that they're picky or are they just a--holes? I don't get it. This was a perfectly good movie.
For one thing, some were saying there wasn't enough suspense and plot twists. Jeez, how much do you need, I say it was a great combo.
Two, some said the cops were shown to be buffoons, letting him go with helicopter etc.. When you watch shows like "cops" and stuff, they show people they catch, not ones that get away. I hate to admit it, but I've gotten away quite a few times from cops to get out of tickets. (Chasing me, etc.., I know it sounds hard to believe but it's easier than you think, the trick is not to out run in a straight line, but hide quickly). That was in my wilder days of driving too fast and without state inspection stickers, etc.. Lots more people get away then you may think. In Dexter, he often kills people in empty houses. We looked at a house for sale one time that had what looked like blood on the floor, (even my husband's dad and uncle said it was and we didn't even bring it up first), and we found a gun in the attic. We told the cops and they couldn't have been less interested. They never even looked into it.
About the passive women, like someone said, from behind and suprise, it's only natural that he could take quick control over them. The homeless girl faught (sp?) and ran, so it wasn't always the case.
About K Reeves being wooden. That's a good way to act when someone is a psychopath with no feelings or emotions. I'm glad some people are wooden. Maybe that's the Asian part of him, politically correctness aside. That is a natural state of being for some people, why shouldn't an actor be wooden too. We need people to portray wooden people too.
I feel a little sorry for the artists that go to the trouble to make a great film, and know that they may read some dumkoff's idiot knocks about their hard work. Like they've probably done something impressive in their life that gives them the right to sit and criticise (sp?) so maliciously. What if their snappy little 'witism' actually was partially responsible for causing someone great to quit the biz? Some snappy little yapper poster could be the pebble in the pond to cause the rest of the world to be deprived of someone great. It happens everyday, great people get tired of it all and quit. Do these psychic bullys give a crap that their actions are part of the whole that can influence something wonderful? They're probably so filled with hate they have to spew it everywhere they go any time they can. Well, what goes around comes around, but it's still not right. Sure everyone's entitled to their opinion, but some people's opinions aren't bells of truth, more like spinning vomit machines just for fun. Like people who kill animals or hit people's mail boxes with baseball bats, just being mean to be mean. When I see a perfectly good movie, then read on here someone trashing it, I wonder, what kind of mind do they have? Are they a snob? A bully? A hater? Mentally incompetant? What? I could see someone saying, this part or that part could use some improvement, but to be so mean, and uncalled for. Not just this one but every movie I've ever seen on this site.
Whatever....


~Voltaire- (When asked on his deathbed to foreswear Satan) This isn't the time to be making enemies~

I didn't think it was bad, either. Not great, but not bad. Pretty run-of-the-mill for a serial killer flick.

Did you know before watching the movie that Reeves did the movie reluctantly? If so, maybe knowing that affected your judgment of his performance.

I watched it not knowing anything about the movie's history. I thought Reeves did a decent job of capturing the creepiness and ability to charm that we're told serial killers like Ted Bundy have. I didn't pick up on anything that made me think he did not enjoy playing the character -- certainly the character seemed to be enjoying himself, particularly the scene with Spader in the graveyard.

I thought it was pretty good; not great .... but pretty good. I didn't do my housework while it was on .... that's always a good sign.

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So did I. I LOVE James Spader and it was cool to see him in this kind of role again.

I actually like this film too. Alas, I'm in the minority. This film could have been improved vastly though.