A good movie

To be honest, I really had no idea what to expect from this flick but I kept hearing some interesting things about it and since the title sounded pretty catchy, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, it was only afterwards that I discovered that S. Craig Zahler was the same guy who had also delivered 'Bone Tomahawk' and, after only 2 directing efforts, he has already become a director to follow. However, even though I did enjoy the damned thing, there were still some stuff that bothered me though. First of all, even though I don't mind a (good) long movie, this one could have been shorter though. I mean, the whole intro showing Bradley having a regular job and struggling with his relationship with his wife was rather pointless and it could have been easily removed. Then, to be honest, some parts or scenes didn't make much sense. For example, when the drug deal went south, why did Bradley come back to shoot his gangsters partners? I thought at first that he might have been a undercover agent but it wasn't the case so what he did didn't make much sense. Then, Eleazar had some kind of elaborate plan to get Bradley in the cell block 99 but why? I mean, it is fairly ordinary that a drug kingpin would have someone executed in jail but it could have been done just as well where Bradley was in the first place. Then, the guy kidnapped his wife to have Bradley kill someone else who apparently didn't exist at all?!? And, yet, in spite of a fairly non-sensical plot, the mood was really neat, the action scenes were badass but still fairly realistic and it is pretty obvious that Vince Vaughn should focus on making such movies instead of his usual lame comedies. Anyway, to conclude, even if I wasn't completely sold, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10