Insomnia

After all these years it seems the best role that Al Pacino can fall into and out of without so much as a glimmer of doubt in the character is that of a police officer/detective. He's done so many of them that he could probably become an officer without to much trouble. Robin Williams also shows how versatile his acting really is, this character is so far beyond what most people would think he'd be capable of that its amazing. An L.A. police detective is sent to a small Alaskan town to help with the murder investigation of a local teenage girl. The constant sunlight in the story helps with the wearing down of Pacino's character to the point that even you as the audience aren't quite sure what your looking at is real or a hallucination. Having the original murder shown only in glimpses and flashes adds to the eeriness of the situation. The scenery that is shot for the exterior scenes is at times breathtaking, it's hard to believe that there are places this beautiful. At times the pace of the film is so fast that you feel like your running to keep up with the characters, and this helps with condition the Pacino is going through with not sleeping for six days straight.
This murder mystery got by me when it originally came out on DVD but I'm so glad I finally saw it. After watching this film you can see why Williams was tapped for the role in One Hour Photo, he is so beyond the comedic actor that most people see him as. This is definitely one of those films that you can watch over and over, there are so many little things going on that its easy to miss a lot of them, and you'll want to watch it again just so you can find them.