a a big fan of david mamet film and play and especially his first film house of game that also star joe mantegna and i be expect great thing from this film . instead and i find myself annoy by the film superficiality and lack of credibility . racial slur be throw about without any feeling or meaning behind them and in the hope of set up a racial tension that for me never materialize . identity be totally reevaluated and men become hero for no apparent reason . because of his oath take a a cop and the lead character adamantly refuse to perform one relatively small action that would harm no one and could possibly save life and and yet performs another action which be very violent and very illegal and but then still refuse the minor action . in addition and a highly unbelievable subplot involve a man who have kill his family be introduce just for the sake of a plot point that be all but advertise with skywriting and and the cop reaction to that occurrence stretch credulity way beyond all reasonable limit . needless to say and after expect another excite thriller from david mamet and i be extremely disappointed to say the least . negative .