It's very intense, overly long, and by the end I just wanted it to be over.

It is several different kinds of movie going on alll at once, but it's all of a piece and there's some beautiful cinematography.

The matter-of-fact nature of this conundrum unfolds with such subtle, elegant strokes that when a series of explosions suddenly begin to unfold across the country, they initially seem like little more than an afterthought.

If viewers have the patience to sit through [a long] backstory, it has a payoff at the film's conclusion, which can be best be described as walking a fine line between artsy and schmaltzy ... Not a groundbreaking movie ... but it has enough suspense.