
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.
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| Ebert & RoeperRichard RoeperJim is such a psycho and Mike is such a patsy, we don't care about these guys. We've seen dozens of more interesting head cases in dozens of smarter films. |
| New York PostKyle SmithIf Martin Scorsese were 30 and a Los Angeleno, he'd be making movies much like this one. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaBale brings intense energy (and a convincing American accent) to the proceedings, and the film manages to make this borderline Travis Bickle into a sympathetic character - with a sweetheart, and a sweeter life, beckoning from south of the border. Strong stuff. |
| Daily Mirror (UK)David EdwardsChristian Bale proves yet again why he's one of Britain's best actors in this nightmarish, nasty but unforgettable thriller. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxWith his ersatz-gangsta swagger, the once-again buff Bale gives it his all -- he's got to be the most committed actor in Hollywood -- but the real surprise here is Rodriguez, who has all the talent and charisma of a major star. |
| Film Journal InternationalRex RobertsHarsh Times is dark and brutal, not the kind of film that lures a large audience or garners awards, although it deserves both. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenJim Davis (Christian Bale) may be the most aggressively self-destructive character since Johnny Boy Civello in 'Mean Streets.' |
| Greenwich Village GazetteEric LurioNone of these characters are the least bit likeable, and that's the fault of David Ayer, who structures the film as a series of mostly disconnected episodes with a single theme: |
| MaximPete HammondThe reason to see the movie is Bale who can play slow-burning psychosis about as well as any actor today and is outstanding again. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreEndless scenes of the two guys riding along, venting and cursing and chugging beers play like acting-class exercises, badly written ones at that. |