When I saw this movie in February of 2008, I wrote about it that despite who the film mostly follows around, despite who the action starts and ends with, the story is about the man in the middle. The key to understanding this film is in the beginning voice-over, though most people won’t remember what he says.
The crime you see now, it’s hard to even take its measure. It’s not that I’m afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But, I don’t want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don’t understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard. He’d have to say, “O.K., I’ll be part of this world.”
