A charming adventurer got dragged in the struggle of powerful wizards. To save himself and his beloved he is forced to find a way out of this mystic game.
When I think of this now, 12 years after I saw this movie for the first time, I can probably compare it somehow with "Fargo". The same gloomy colors, the same snow everywhere, the same slow motion of people dozing in winter like bears. The same sad realism in all the scenes, including the car chases, the same end. And also -- and this is the most amazing of it all, in my opinio...