19 Years Later, a Matrix Star's Crime Thriller Still Holds Up

There are evergreen movies, the sort that feel fresh and inventive even if you watch them for the first time decades after their original release. And then there are movies that seem to exist in a bubble, deliberately capturing what it felt like to be alive at a particular moment. One of the better examples of the second category is a movie that launched Shia LaBeoufas a big-screen star, even before he began headlining the Transformersfranchise. In fact, it was his performance in this film that convinced Steven Spielberg to take him under his wing.