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in 1997 that "the lead characters are losers", adding that "if they'd turned left, they might have actually contributed to society. I've done it many times myself — if I'd just turned left, instead of right. I don't get through a morning without going, 'god, I wish I hadn't done that', or 'I wish I'd
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and other films, the involvement of the straight couple in this criminal odyssey is the tale’s one aspect that has a whiff of freshness." Cheshire concluded his review by stating that "Sutherland acquits himself well in all aspects of helming, including the action elements, and a range of top-flight
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tech work is led by Ric Waite’s sharp lensing. It's just a shame so much expertise is lavished on such banal, annoyingly redundant material." Critic Ben
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