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[Brazoliange]

So I saw this at a sneak tonight (nothing else to do, the lady of the house was away on business)... this movie completely did it's job.

It's not even an hour and a half... it doesn't try to trick you into thinking it's anything other than what it is.

McAdams is hot, Cillian is mean, and I didn't want my money back (well, I didn't pay for, but I wouldn't have been mad if I had).

I'll agree, it was really good for what it was. I wouldn't call it Collateral on an airplane though...

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the only part that I thought dragged on a bit was the fight at their house. it was really fun though, and the characters were good enough to keep it entertaining.

[SHAFTR]

I was really into this during the first 2 acts.  In the third act it seems to stop taking itself as serious, and I don't think that is a good thing.  Overall, a pretty good thriller.

[The Red Vine]

I felt the same way about the first 2 acts and it get a little too routine from there. But the scene at the end is very intense. Rachel McAdams is cute as always.

[RegularKarate]

I think the whole point is in the third act.  It's ALL been done to death, but the third act wakes you up and throws it in to full gear.  It's a nice little surprise in the film (not a twist... a surprise).  Of course it's ridiculous... the whole movie is.. it doesn't try not to be.

part of it DID remind me of Coupon: The Movie though

[modage]

watched this the other night.  agree with everyone else.  possibly without the two leads being so likable/watchable the movie wouldn't have been nearly as good as it was but with them it was pretty compulsively watchable.  i want more mcadams.

[MacGuffin]

*MINOR SPOILERS*

The second act was terrific; extremely tense and claustrophobic. McAdams and Murphy shine in their roles. The dialogue and Craven's use of close-ups and compositions sustain what is essentially a two character play, building the suspense up perfectly. It's like the opening ten minutes of Scream held for 30 minutes.

But then they land, and the third act loses what was build up. The killers, especially Murphy's, aren't very theatening and become somewhat silly. It makes one wonder how they got to be assassins in the first place; even the little girl is able to get a shot in on him. Still, that doesn't take away from rooting for McAdams's character to take charge and Murphy's character to get his, but that's only because of the power of the Craven's excellent second act.

[grand theft sparrow]

worked
McAdams
Murphy
mercifully short running time

didn't
the pseudo-hotel and airline commercials that were the beginning
the Dr. Phil product placement
the entire second act consisting of nothing but one half-assed attempt to get him caught after another
the entire third act lifted from Scream

winner
Wes Craven's bank account