This is most definitely an over-the-top film, starting off sick and getting progressively sicker and sucking you in during the process. the characters are well-defined and well-realized, especially Philip Seymour Hoffman's smarmy, reptilian Duncan, Robin Tunney's not-as-dumb-or-pathetic-as-she-appears Kitty and Sedgwick's hardboiled-on-the-outside Claire. Of course the film belongs to Stanley Tucci, the film's dying hitman. Another sublime, subtle performance from this extraordinarily talented actor; he actually manages to give this brutal excursion a heart.

It opens with four or five guys silently having a game of poker in a big office. A revolver sits in the middle of the table. The guy with the lowest hand must pick up the pistol, spin the cylinder, cock the pistol, hold it against the back of his hand and pull the trigger, hoping the hammer falls on an empty chamber.

In the same room, Philip Seymour Hoffman sits slyly behind a big desk, quietly threatening a whore who has tried to run away again and been caught.

An Asian man with a bloodied face is shackled to the radiator. He has his ribs kicked in by a humiliated youth who has bragged about his Glock and its silencer. The Asian is brought into another room where he is told his testicles will be removed with a pair of pruning shears but he has his brains blown out before this horror can descend on him.

Well, I like Stanley Tucci, Robbie Coltrane, and Philip Seymour Hoffman a lot. I think they're terribly underrated and underused. Well, not Hoffman, but his parts are limited because he looks semi-ordinary, not at all like Cary Grant.

On the other hand, I've had about enough torture porn and imitations of Quentin Tarantino. I couldn't sit through more than a few minutes of it before I knew with some certainty what to expect. Sorry. I found it revolting.

I have NEVER heard of this movie but it turned out to be a fun view. Sure, it never made it big but heck, it has a good cast. Even John Ritter delivers the goods as a corrupt informercial man. I liked the way Stanley Tucci delivered the goods as a hitman. He was flawless and very confident everytime he shot that weapon. Kyra S (Kevin Bacon's Wife) was very good as a bold hitwoman. She delivered the goods as a woman who believed in her profession yet had a soft side for Tucci. The main BOSSMAN was played by that one fat wizard from Harry Potter. He was good and very ruthless as well. In once scene he threatened to cut the fingers off of a chinese man with a gardening tool! I would give this movie a 4 or 5 out of 10 but that's it.