An average movie

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, they started with something really tricky as they started the movie completely in the middle of the story. It was a bold move that you don't see very often and that can be really awesome if done properly like in 'Silent Hill' for example but, unfortunately, it didn't work very well with this movie. The reason why they made this choice was, I believe, because they were mixing 2 tales of revenge so they made this jump to save some time but the end-result was rather awkward. Another bigger issue was that the plot about Colin Farrell's character was just so unoriginal and it didn't help that it was about some engineer who managed in just 2 years to infiltrate the mob with pretty much the same set of skills displayed by Jason Bourne. I mean, they were not dealing with a soldier who trained for years to get those skills, they were dealing with some freaking engineer. So, obviously to spice up an otherwise seriously generic revenge thriller, they added up Noomi Rapace's character with her one sub-plot. In fact, it could have actually saved this movie as Farrell and Rapace were both pretty good here and they had some nice chemistry. Indeed, the whole thing could have been interesting if they had dropped all the boring Jason Bourne B.S. and focused instead on this average gangster falling for a damaged girl. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, thanks to the actors involved, I still think it is worth a look but there is no doubt that it could have been so much better.