An all around excellent suspenseful film I found very realistic and produced excellently. The rest of the cast also performed quite well, especially since I've never seen or heard of them. It was great to see Armand Assante, and he did fit his characters role, but I did have trouble understanding some of his dialogue.

Louis Mandylor shined in his role and was convincing throughout. The pacing was perfect and the 103 min length flew by with the constant suspense of the story. The first-ever writing/screenplay debut by Marco Balsamo was outstanding, who was also cast and produced this film. The cinematography and color choices where perfect for this films setting and story. Otherwise his camera work and directing his cast was amazing. Novice director William Kaufman was fairly impressive with this film, although I could have done without the shaky-cam moments. The score was sheer perfection and maintained constant tension throughout the entire film. This film is based on true events and was filmed primarily in Albania and Bulgaria, and thus the international setting was a refreshing change.

This film had no Hollywood flair in it at all simple yet effective scenes, excellent choreographed action sequences with realistic fight/bullet wounds, and no over-hyped unconvincing scenarios. I wasn't expecting much going into this film but was pleasantly surprised. One of the best low budget (2m) internationally produced B-grade films I've seen, and better than some of the recent Hollywood blockbusters with A-list actors.

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