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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

August 24, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Rod Lurie

Starring :

Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, Rachel Nichols, David Paymer, Harry J. Lennix, Peter Coyote, Dakota Goyo

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

“..smartly measured, both robust and delicate, giving full whallop to the personal dimensions..”
by Duane Byrge [Hollywood Reporter]
2.5 of 4

“..seems to be just what you expect..”
by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
2 of 4

“..Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful; too bad the movie is not..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]
2 of 4

“..one-sided Hollywood claptrap about honesty and valor..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2 of 4

“..never really explores the exploitation that is at its heart..”
by Jason McBride [Globe and Mail]
4 of 5

“..Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett?s screenplay is textbook-perfect..”
by John Thomason [Orlando Weekly]
2.5 of 4

“..Like a boxer whose jabs range from precise to punch-drunk, the movie connects on some of those swings and misses on others..”
by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2.5 of 4

“..leaves a lot to be desired as a boxing movie..”
by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
Review rate : B-

“..it's more intelligent than most Hollywood movies you'll find in the heat of summer..”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
“..captures the hard-boiled tone of a big-city newsroom almost perfectly..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
2 of 4

“..a tedious melodrama whose sole saving grace is the performance of Samuel L. Jackson..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
2 of 4

“..a snooze, but at least it's an honest one..”
by Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..A good little scrapper, but not a title contender..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]

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