an intense and dark action drama with unusually rich support from casey and keith and et . al and many of whom get the best role of their career and run with it . the film be oddly shaped often the action slow down just to let the character get catch up in odd but well do seemingly improved dialogue during the stakeout and almost all of the machine get catch up in perfectly deliver humorous monologue and reynolds the director deserve mucho credit for have reynolds the star step back and give them room . and unlike most action film and you really get to like the character and which make the 2nd half and when their various destiny good and bad unfold and unusually affect . the combination of character development and brutal violence and a jazzy soundtrack ( tarantino must be a fan watch this and then jackie brown and you will see what i be talk about ) make this occasionally flaw film ( the bad guy be a bit melodramatic ) one of the good modern cop film and and in my mind superior to many of the overrated modern noirs such a body heat and such .