An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Samuel L. Jackson, I thought I might as well check it out. If its title did make the whole thing sound like an average direct-to-PPV thriller, well, that’s exactly what it turned out to be after all. I mean, the beginning was not bad and, for a while, it seemed that the damned thing might turn out to be some kind of modern version of ‘Crime and Punishment’. However, it could have maybe worked if they had focused more on the fact that the main character was actually pretty sketchy. Indeed, the guy had basically lied his whole life to have a nice career, a nice family, basically a nice life, he even pretended that his step-brother didn’t exist and, at this point, he was even willing to let someone die in the middle of the street to make sure it wouldn’t jeopardize his perfect little life. So, in fact, he wasn’t exactly a nice guy but, while there was definitely something interesting to do with this fact, it is obvious that the makers definitely had a different approach. Indeed, unfortunately, they constantly tried to portray him as some kind of innocent victim which was not only fairly inaccurate but above all really tedious to behold. I mean, sure, Clinton Davis was eventually a serial-killer but it didn’t change the fact that Mitch Brockden did commit a hit-and-run. Anyway, from the moment when Clinton Davis’s true character was revealed, I’m afraid the whole thing went into auto-pilot until the very end. The only fun thing was maybe to check how much non-sense was occurring on the screen and I guess it was nice to see the lovely Gloria Reuben, even she was completely wasted playing a completely underdeveloped character. Anyway, to conclude, you might wonder if, at this point in his career, Samuel L. Jackson still need to show up in such obvious pay check gigs but there is really no reason why you should check out this movie.