The DVD packaging is excellent and talks up David Mamet and his "trademark flair for dialogue". Unfortunately, his name alone is not enough to make anybody sit through this entire film. Like everyone on the message boards here, I am left wondering how on Earth this film has rated 6.8 so far on this site. It sure makes me doubt the authenticity of the rating system. The writing was so unimaginably bad!! How did this get through production? I have enjoyed Val Kilmer in previous movies, although he can be a bit stiff, but I really don't think this movie's faults rest with him. A better spy thriller, which perhaps this film is aiming for, is the Bourne series.
