I found this in the library and thought it would be interesting. It wasn't. It was slow, confusing, and boring, and I gave up after a half hour.
The film opens with an improbable scene where Walker and an old friend are at a fancy reunion, and the friend pushes Walker to the ground, screaming about his badly needing help-and everyone else stands around obliviously. The movie may be intended to be an artistic noir, but this is just ridiculous. Then there is the operation at the now-closed Alcatraz prison, which goes off properly, but the "friend" tries to kill Walker and steals his wife. Somehow Walker survives and recovers, and meets with his ex-wife, who says how remorseful she was over his supposed death. There are more scenes, but the whole thing was so full of flashbacks, improbable scenes, and slow pacing and lack of chemistry that I turned it off.
Why people praise this, I don't know. There's no tension and the movie tries to be "arty", but ends up looking ridiculous. The movie fails both as entertainment and high art.
The film opens with an improbable scene where Walker and an old friend are at a fancy reunion, and the friend pushes Walker to the ground, screaming about his badly needing help-and everyone else stands around obliviously. The movie may be intended to be an artistic noir, but this is just ridiculous. Then there is the operation at the now-closed Alcatraz prison, which goes off properly, but the "friend" tries to kill Walker and steals his wife. Somehow Walker survives and recovers, and meets with his ex-wife, who says how remorseful she was over his supposed death. There are more scenes, but the whole thing was so full of flashbacks, improbable scenes, and slow pacing and lack of chemistry that I turned it off.
Why people praise this, I don't know. There's no tension and the movie tries to be "arty", but ends up looking ridiculous. The movie fails both as entertainment and high art.