Sean Patrick Flanery and Joe Pantoliano... oh my, what a "deadly" combination of actors! Deadly impact will have an impact on you that might send you running for cover!
Sean is well known for being the handsome hero: in this reviewer's mind, his best work was in the Boondock Saints series. Ladies, if you don't really care for action films, you'll enjoy staring at this hunk, no doubt.
Joe Pantoliano is the go-to guy for any good mafia/gangster type role. He is as gritty, mean, and streetwise as bad guys get. He can outdo Brando or Pacino for strong-arm, bully power any day of the week!
OK, no spoiler here, but suffice it to say that Sean is FBI, and Joe is very, very evil. It's not just good cop chases bad dude. It's good cop chases brilliant, wicked, personally vengeful, awesomely skilled outlaw.
Remember Dennis Hopper's bomb skills in Speed? Multiply that weird talent by 10 and add to it a guy who revels in using the cops' spouses as leverage. Now you've got Joe Pantoliano where he belongs, acting up a storm! So, thriller fans, get the point?
Now let it be said that this reviewer has enjoyed being riveted to his chair by other dramas. But in my mind, no other film in recent memory grabs quite the way this one does. At one point in the film, you wonder if anyone is really clever enough to catch the mad bomber.
Grade of A for Audaciously good.
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