Are we talking about the same Friedkin? The very guy who helmed such greats as The Exorcist, Sorcerer, and The French Connection? Absolutely flubs this one.
The pieces are there, and that car chase scene aaaaaaalmost makes up for the disjointed rest of the picture, which feels like it has zero flow between scenes. Kinda like they divided the script up ABCABC and gave every A scene to one director, B to another, and C to yet a third.
Yearns to be BIG with a capital B. Cinematography is phenomenal. Dafoe is wasted. Oh well.
