Star-power Overload

Anne Rice's novel comes to life brilliantly in this dark and somber adaptation.

This is one of the best modern classics of our times. The brilliance of this movie is the very well executed multi-layered storytelling and all the tiny nuances hidden throughout the movie that you don't even pickup on until you rewatch it a couple times.....im still finding things and i've seen this about 6 or 7 times. Then theres the plot twist that truely defines what a "plot twist" is (somthing thats rarely done right in modern cinema) Brian Singer's direction gets the credit for this one because his use of clips from previously established scenes really convinces you to think that each suspect could really be "Keyser Soze" so it takes you from one extreme to another till the film concludes. Then there's the cast who are all brilliant and define there characters so well expecially Gabriel Byrne,Benicio Del Toro and thee amazing Kevin Spacey who really drive the movie to the masterpiece status that it rightfully deserves.

such a great storybook-esque tale with such an amazing cast.

great caper flick with an amazing cast.

Historical inaccuracy aside, this is a gripping epic drama that I will never get tired of. I did feel that Heath Ledgers character was not explored as much as it should have been and it made him kinda 1-dimensional, but other than that there were some great performances by Mel Gibsons aswell as Chris Cooper,Jay Arlen Jones and Rene Auberjonois, but the overall stand out performance goes to Jason Isaacs as Col. Tavington (based on real life Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton) as possibly one of the cruelest most brutal characters i've seen in a long time.