Básico (2003)

Reader, I gave it my best shot. But with a sinking heart I realized that my efforts were not going to be enough, because this was not a film that could be understood. With style and energy from the actors, with every sign of self-confidence from the director, with pictures that were in focus and dialogue that you could hear, the movie descended into a morass of narrative quicksand. By the end, I wanted to do cruel and vicious things to the screenplay.”

(...) um exercício narrativo magnífico, mascarado de «thriller» de tribunal de guerra. McT, que ao lado de James Cameron lançou as bases do filme de acção contemporâneo, contina a revolver as tripas desse sub-género do «thriller».”