this be one of the bad piece of cinema i have see in some time . this be also my first review so you can tell i must hate this film at lot . don not get me wrong and i like my serious film . i do not like hollywood too much and i tend to like french and italian and offbeat u or anything that try to communicate something sensible . but this be awful . why . 1. the plot ( such a it be ) be entirely unbelievable and even though the director seem to be hinge everything on a feeling of realism . 2. the main character have nothing to recommend him . do he smoke for coolness or to show u his angst . for goodness sake this guy be mean to be an ex dodgy mafia lawyer . be we mean to care more because that he be also one of the mean unfriendly people you could ever meet . and he smoke . so he must have deep personal issue . pop psychology at it best . in the final moment and i almost cheer a he get bury in the cement . best place for him . and i think that be about the only good scene . or maybe that be because it be so close the final credit . 3. the entirely tired and unbelievable interest in the main character from the beautiful girl . she be there simply because beautiful girl always have odd sexual relationship with old and old men with a deep and meaningful personality ( a demonstrate by smoke ) . happen all the time . in really bad film that be . 4. the pace be so leaden . i like slow and i like careful . but this be just deathly . 5 50 a bunch of other stuff that i really can not be bother to write . awful .