Mel Gibson turns a grade four movie into a seven. He does this with sheer grit, remarkable intensity, and incredible (especially in a cliche-ridden action flick)consistency. One goes through this movie with him in the same way one went through a Janis Joplin performance--on a very high wire. Certainly memorable--his madness, his beauty, his human-ness (how can we forget all those very personal apologies for his defensive violence). And certainly his toughness, not this canned romance stuff, should have marked the final scene
Review of Conspiracy Theory
