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Another opinion: very disappointing.

Hardly any tension in any scene: you've seen it all before, anyway.
Denzel gives a spectacular performance in a wasted cause. Denby, in The New Yorker, pans the film because of its lack of a moral viewpoint which he finds a key component of Goodfellas and Godfather II. I don't particularly care if monsters are glorified if the film itself has other strong qualities: this one doesn't.
Crowe has many scenes, many in which you'd expect to get some fireworks but... nothing.
Forget this and rent your favorite old favorite. Heat, for one, shows a master criminal in a much better film.
I was kind of shocked at the lack of drama in this film, it certainly doesn't look like the same guy's work who made Blade Runner.
SPOILER:
The evil cop, who did enough stuff to Denzel to make one wish for some kind of showdown, removes himself in what must be the most disappointing resolution in modern crime film. If you're going to paint the guy as Satan, let his fall be worthwhile.
Remember Popeye and the French Connection films?
Now that was a convincing cop.
Crowe looked like he had so very much appreciated the mousy depiction which Matt Damon gave of a CIA agent in The Good Shepherd that he followed that boring example.
What a waste of two good actors...

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