| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
Way above-average couple-on-the-lam-with-stolen-money thriller; deploying many of the clichés you’ve seen before in daring ways; leaving you uncertain as to the outcome of this emotionally-involving drama. (This, despite the ethical sleight-of-hand halfway through.)
Although the central couple has made a serious ethical error, you remain on their side throughout - despite the inevitable price they must pay. This works dramatically by incorporating the true-Christian definition of love so well that we actually believe the two young lovers (especially Jenna DEWAN) really are in love. The actors' personal chemistry helps with this superior trompe-l'œil.
Christian SLATER makes for a scary villain and the cast of relative unknowns make us believe it all completely. Above all, the screenwriter invests his characters with depth; using only a few strokes of his subtle pen and wasting little time with back-story in a neat, compact and strongly character-focused screenplay.
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