Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
August 24, 2007MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Rod LurieStarring :
Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, Rachel Nichols, David Paymer, Harry J. Lennix, Peter Coyote, Dakota Goyo
REVIEWS RATE:
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“..smartly measured, both robust and delicate, giving full whallop to the personal dimensions..”
by Duane Byrge [Hollywood Reporter]
“..seems to be just what you expect..”
by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
“..Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful; too bad the movie is not..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]
“..one-sided Hollywood claptrap about honesty and valor..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
“..never really explores the exploitation that is at its heart..”
by Jason McBride [Globe and Mail]
“..Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett?s screenplay is textbook-perfect..”
by John Thomason [Orlando Weekly]
“..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]
“..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..”
“..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]
“..a tedious melodrama whose sole saving grace is the performance of Samuel L. Jackson..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
“..a snooze, but at least it's an honest one..”
by Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine]
“..A good little scrapper, but not a title contender..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
