" Can't avoid this film folks, it's a great watch"

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I love films with different ideas or an interesting title to boot. Best Seller has both that, although Wood's kill count does get a bit annoying, or is too much. If you can remember Dennehy and Woods worked on another film years earlier, Split Image. Both fine actors, real good friends off set, work well together, yet in this cop tale with an almost unique spin put on it for it's time, here they're enemies who do slowly become friends, of course Dennehy taking longer time to warm up to Woods. Cleve (Woods, great as usual) was was involved in a police heist, where Dennehy's partner, was killed. Cut several years later, Dennis (Dennehy) now an ex cop, who's also a novelist, is approached by Cleve, who wants revenge, against the guys who screwed him. He asks Dennis to work with him, giving him his people on a platter while also giving him heaps info, for him to write a book on him and the baddies. Dennehy, also grasping an opportunity to gain revenge. It's no holds barred, Woods, even pestered by Dennehy to meet his parents. As you know, to write non fiction, a lot of research is involved. Somehow, I found this movie, utterly enjoyable from beginning to end, on the account it's different, although I enjoyed Wood's other film at the time, Cop, more. They're are some unpredictabilities in the characters, which I found engrossing, with an end I found tragic, on Woods's behalf. Wood's character especially, is a dangerous guy you don't underestimate, as you really don't know what this dude's capable of. And as I'll reiterate, Wood's excessive use of violence by gun, kind of spoils it. It was fun, watching Cleve itching to know or being suggestive of how the books going, it's overused title, a bit of a let down. One scene that really didn't make sense, was Woods barging into Dennehy's agents bedroom, and tearing up her wardrobe, getting fresh and dangerous with her. Check out the fitting song too. It's not bad. Watch Cop, then this.

score 8/10

videorama-759-859391 9 April 2015

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