| Isn't having a code what generally got all the film noir protagonists sent up the river? |
| The scene is set at a kitschy Havana nightclub where the protagonists drift off with different partners. |
| The film keeps cutting back from the snow to the real-life protagonists as they relive their experience. |
| A mere six actors played all the protagonists, and the accents used were convincing and amazingly different. |
| Without being particularly inventive, it is still a passable excuse for the protagonists to go places, draw swords and engage in smart wordplay. |
| His protagonists are too full of life and way too complicated to be the mere vehicles for ruminating on the contemporary dilemmas they face. |
