The Worst Film Ever

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Loved everything about this movie. You must rent this. Even the soundtrack is fantastic.

It's rare to find a movie of this stature. Brilliant performances by Pacino and Crowe, especially the former. The pace is intense, the direction brilliant! Not a flaw in this one. Go watch it! Your every minute will be well spent.

This is a great film by a great director (Manhunter!). I got to see it in Australia with a group of HS students from People to People International. It was supposed to be on PPV in my room, but, for some reason, the PPV movies were free that night. We, also, got to watch The Hurricane-another excellent film. Even as HS students, everyone really liked it. It required a good attention span, but it was worth it. The acting was superb, the writing magnetic, and the soundtrack was hypnotic. Overall, the movie has stuck with me ever since. Wigand isn't quite the saint the movie portrays him, and movie isn't completely factual, but, nevertheless, it remains one of my favorite films. I'd pay a lot to go back in time and watch this with my compadres in Oz from P2P. Priceless memory.

Finally after many years watched Michael Mann's legal drama 1999's "The Insider" and it was clearly a well done legal drama that searches for answers and blows the whistle on those in power who try to hide corruption that blends greed and power. The film recounts a chain of events that pitted a guy against the giant tobacco industry. And this film would really be in depth and drag the characters thru a fight of their lives.Al Pacino(still one of the best actors in the business)is in top form with a strong performance as veteran "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman and Russell Crowe(is the man affected by it all the insider himself former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand). The story is pretty cut and dry when Wigand is fired by the tobacco company, he agrees to become a paid consultant for a story that Bergman and "60 Minutes" is working on about the unethical ways within the tobacco industry. This all leads to a long battle between all with a lot of legal cat and mouse games which puts everyone's reputations on the line.As expected the tobacco industry will use any legal and corporate means they can to help save a billion dollar a year habit. Still both Bergman and Wigand are fighters that are searching for answers and they want justice in the form of truth as with every little bit more evidence is uncovered.Cleraly this is a harrowing drama with legal and emotional twist and turns it has an in depth cold hard edge that keeps you glued while searching for answers and fighting for the truth with twist. "The Insider" was for sure one of Michael Mann's better made films.