An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Mark Wahlberg and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I didn’t know the details about this true story and, at first, I was slightly confused that Jadin was actually involved since I was pretty sure that one of his sons actually died (was it then the little brother who actually died?). However, it turned out that they went for the gimmick of pretending for a while that Jadin actually didn’t die and was walking through the US with his father. Sure, it wasn’t really original and it wasn’t very well developed but it didn’t bother me that much. However, a bigger issue was the use of a scrambled chronology though. Indeed, it is in general an overused and, above all, really useless gimmick which has no really added value and it was definitely the case with this movie. Still, the story was not bad at all and it was nice to see Wahlberg trying something more dramatic than his usual action flicks. Still, even though it was a decent effort from Wahlberg, at the end of the day, it felt as if he only scratched the surface on what could have been done with such an interesting and complex character. On top of that, it didn’t help that he was often upstaged by Reid Miller who managed to make his character so strong and quite fascinating to behold even if he was not even actually the lead. Eventually, even though the movie was supposed to be about Joe Bell, you might wonder if a movie focusing instead on Jadin Bell would not have been more interesting after all. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.