jcunningham-9 ..with celebrities such as Tim Roth, Renee Z, and Chris Penn...I have the answer. This movie was beyond horrible. The blatant anachronisms are never explained, the "twist" was anything but...and well, shoot (imdb wouldn't allow me to say spell out a different word..even when i tried to use alternative spelling-huh, what a family friendly site!), folks..save your dollar and/or time and don't bother. I'm also adding text here because my initial review was very brief--I attempted to just tell you'll that this movie stinks...but apparently I have to go on. and on. and on. so once again, don't see this movie. it stinks. it stinks.P.S. don't believe reviewers that tell you must be intelligent to "get" this movie. if you don't get it, it's because the movie failed miserably. period. period.

Vincent This film has a very simple story, a murder is committed with only one suspect and the police are using a lie detector to try and prove he did it. The film is interesting mainly due to the performance of Roth as the suspect who is determined to prove his innocence, whether true or not, by whatever means necessary.This is a dark and smart film with both Roth and Rooker giving excellent performances. The pace is quick with tense interrogations being broken up by flashbacks and background showing a little of the problems faced by each character.The ending is a little off, it is too convenient and not as good as the rest of the writing. A good if flawed film.

birck I'm giving this film a 6 stars because of the quality of acting and production right up to the last seven or eight minutes. It's a cat-and-mouse game between an elitist suspect and two proletarian cops, and at any given time, who is winning is determined by who can surprise whom with unexpected knowledge of his adversary's private life.As long as that is happening, the film is fine. Suspension of Disbelief was finally broken, close to the end, by one BIG script problem (spoiler coming): The suspect, a caucasian and an American citizen, supposedly dies during a police interrogation. But there's no autopsy. No autopsy? I DON'T THINK SO, GUYS! The dead character and his family may not be on good terms, but I think they would want to know why he died, and they got big bucks to swing it. So it's one of those films that works great right up to-but not including-the end, where it falls apart.

fran7204 There are a lot of twists and turns in this film and the majority of the plot and the characters behaviour are not credible at all. It begins well but suddenly the viewer is catapulted into total confusion. The viewer is not sure whether anything or anyone is real. ..................SPOILER COMING UP................................. Personally I think that Tim Roth's character is bad. He is a rich boy who knows it and doesn't like anyone telling him what to do/think and thinks he is above the law. He uses his money and intelligence to do what he wants and this gets him out of a very bad situation. He is attracted to and thrives on an 'otherness' to his world of responsibility - illegal liqour, vice, drugs, murder.