This is a fabulous departure for Woody Allen. I am a huge fan of the man's movies, and he is best known for his comedy, romance, and drama, but here we have a crime drama that is unrecognizable as his work.
Now, Woody has made another movie similar to _Cassandra's Dream_: _Match Point_. However, this one just hits differently. It's easy to fit it into the crime-drama category, but it feels more like a modern Greek tragedy.
The characters are fully fleshed out, and not a moment feels far fetched, in terms of the choices that are made. All of the actors do a splendid job, but this is mostly about Farrell, and McGregor.
If I were to recommend this movie to someone, and they said they weren't into Woody Allen, after I was done slapping them, I'd assure them that this it nothing like his other movies, and then likely slap them again.
A simple, but gripping story. I'm not going into spoilers here. The less one knows going in, the better.