On FW FEATURE: Movies that peaked in the first ten minutes at 06/13/2008 8:35pm

I have to disagree with the Way of the Gun assessment.

Yes - the opening scene, very pointless. But the film in its entirety is an excellent film-noir set in the southwest.

The film suffered from a poor marketing push trying to portray it as an action film, which it isn't, and the opening sequence certainly doesn't help with getting audiences expecting the same.

Not that I don't like to see Sarah Silverman, but I would've preferred that scene to be gone. I usually skip it on the DVD to get to the rest of the film, which is an excellent slow build where inference and silent acting is more important than the words actually said.