Levy said "Christian Bale gives us another of his wounded, desperate, stubborn men" and "Russell Crowe fills a role originated by Glenn Ford with a big dose of the mocking charisma, cool discernment and casual cruelty of Robert Mitchum."
Levy je napisao, "Christian Bale portretira još jednog od svojih povrijeđenih, očajnih, tvrdoglavih muškaraca", a "Russell Crowe upotpunjuje ulogu Glenna Forda s velikom dozom podrugljive karizme, opuštenog oštroumlja i ležerne okrutnosti Roberta Mitchuma."