By VictorM:

In one word: WOW!

I don't know if I looked away or if I chewed my popcorn too loudly, but somehow I missed that the movie takes place in 1980. I didn't learn that until after I saw the movie.

Excellent suspense movie with amazing settings, intriguing camera angles, great pacing, violent, with remarkable characters majestically portrayed not only by the big stars, but by every single character actor involved.

The writing is the star of the show. For example, the dialog between the killer and the gas station attended is so intriguing in its simplicity that you just never want it to end, in part because you have an inkling of how it might end. The smallest of conversations, with the smallest of characters begs for your attention. And the chase scene down the river... man oh man... how creative and frightening.

This movie has a simple story line: a simple man recovers a bag with $2 million from a drug deal gone bad, and an assassin is in pursuit of that money. Simple, no? But this is not primarily a plot movie, it's mainly a character study film. Not only a study of law men, outlaws, and nobodies, but above all, a character study of a nation at a pivotal time in it's social fabric. Hence the importance of realizing the movie takes place in 1980.