if you want your film to have sympathetic character and you probably shouldn not go near this one . this be a very tough and cynical thriller and one that have no good guy and only a whole lotta bad guy and a couple of not quite a bad guy . but that what i enjoy about this film . it be great to see the plot unfold in unexpected way and and to see these character mess with one another and motivate only by greed and lust and and fear . another aspect be the film sleek and cold style . from the wardrobe to the apartment these character occupy and the film be pretty stylin . and the acting be very good . laurence fishburne be excellent a the amoral crowe and frank langella be elegantly nasty a grime and and michael beach have a deceptively quiet role a one of fishburne co worker . a very dark film that resolve itself quite nicely in the end and and well worth see . but if you need a good guy to root for and this isn not the film to check out .