three story line and not enough tie them together and inside man be very jumpy and an incomplete attempt to be artistic and realistic . though have it moment and the movie start off look like a fast thriller which quickly ground to a slow crawl and jump quickly between high and low and and only barely pick up steam again near the last 20 minute . i will give credit to denzel washington and he play his part extremely well with a full grasp of his human side and not just the typical super detective with all the answer . clive owen also do quite well with his duality part a evil genius and criminal mastermind ( both not the same in retrospect ) . overall though and each person individually create a great sub section . yet and when the part finally come together and everything count and there be no sudden ah ha . or summation of everything . it all end up with very little of the energy it begin with and with a lot of plot hole and ton of question and and a i say earlier and no where near spike lee normal level . i have to completely disagree with the so called professional critic . this be not the movie they play it up to be .