despite clichés and and a very depressing finale and this be one of the best make film of it era and genre . the strength of the film include an odd relationship between the two lead cop and who seem loosely base on the two lead cop of the lethal weapon series and but who ( thankfully ) never play for laugh and and never really become buddy the young cop be too arrogant and and the old cop have too much experience and which the young cop refuse to acknowledge . the two character be also brilliantly act by morgan freeman and brad pitt ( probably his best performance ) . there one odd flaw in the film about half way through and i find that i have learn to expect the unexpected from the film and which mean that the rest of the film be predictable in a bizarre way simply decide where the expect move would be and and then expect the unexpected move instead . the most obvious instance of this be in the finale itself and which could be guess at least 5 minute ahead of time . normally and this would be a formula for disaster but fortunately and the high quality of the film making twist the film into an edge of the seat suspenseful wait game a we watch with horror the one cop encounter with the insanity of pure evil . i do not want to admire this film ( to be honest and i dislike brad pitt something fierce ) and but i be afraid i must very professionally make and it deliver it promised suspense all the way .