Wow. Been meaning to watch this for a long time, heard a lot of good things about it, figured it wouldn't live up to all the hype. It does. It's the 2nd best film I've seen this year (the best is Alpha Dog, planning to review soon).

Apparently a remake of the Hong Kong film The Killer, I haven't seen it but plan to check it out - if this is anything to go by it must be pretty awesome. With a huge cast of star names - Nicholson, DiCaprio, Damon, Sheen, Wahlberg... all of whom do stellar work. It's a little over the top at times, with some gratuitous language and violence (not something I'd normally complain about, but there are some moments where it seems excessive).

But it has a real plot, real characters who you actually care about, a rarity these days, so I definitely recommend checking it out.