Joel Schumacher does it again. Look into how this film was made, what went into it, the intended directors, the intended stars, the intended budget.

It started as a low budget "Dark and Gritty" film that was going to be "hand held" and star Russel Crowe and be directed by David Fincher... that would probably have worked. Look at the release date, 1999, when audiences welcomed low budget movies done well. Back in the 90s audiences accepted low budgets and dark and gritty films.

It could have been the sleeper success that Se7en was.

Instead you got Schumacher that lightened it up, a... read the rest.