An average movie

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Samuel L. Jackson, I thought I might as well give it a try. At first, I must say that I was rather impressed. Indeed, the whole thing started with an intense dark and gloomy depiction of your average inner-city school and I thought it was a nice fictional counterpart to an interesting documentary I saw recently called 'Waiting for Superman'. Basically, in this completely hostile and filthy environment, is it really possible for an average kid to learn something or for a decent teacher to do his/her job? It is an awful and depressing system that only lead to some major failures. So, it was really interesting and Jackson's really solid performance was making all the other movies in this genre looking like some kind of family features produced by Disney. Unfortunately, during the second half, they decided to add a rather half-baked and underwhelming vigilante angle and the whole thing pretty much lost it. I mean, sure, the guy was traumatized and his actions were understandable but it was just poorly developed. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look.

6/10