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Another Revenge genre film, this time directed by James Wan (Saw; Dead Silence) staring Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a normal boring guy with a standard family of wife and two sons. He works at an insurance company as an executive officer calculating risk factors. On the way home from his son's hockey game he has to stop at a gas station in a very sordid part of town. A random act of violence leaves his son murdered and his life in shambles. Seeing that the gang member is about to get off lightly, Nick Hume takes the law into his own hands. The film works and it doesn't at the same time. Bacon provides an excellent portrayal of an everyday guy sucked into the vortex of revenge. His acting is solid and believable. Unfortunately, we all know that even though our character Nick Hume knows no marital arts, doesn't own a gun or even knows how to handle one, and can't fight his way out of a paper bag...we all know that Kevin Bacon has a reputation as the Bad Boy actor. So even though he is believable in his portrayal, he's not. Still, the directing was tight and imaginative, especially during the foot chase scene in the parking garage. It will get your heart pumping as the camera work was invented just for the scene (watch the DVD extras). The twists and turns and screenplay are predictable (like we didn't expect two cops in a car guarding the residence NOT to get killed?), yet some of our players compliment the effort. John Goodman puts in an outstanding performance as the gang-leader's father. Wow, don't mess with this guy! But, others barely show up, Kelly Preston as Helen Hume and Aisha Tyler as Detective Wallis. I'll have to give them the benefit of the doubt, though, because the screenplay didn't give them much to work with. All in all worth a look if you enjoy this genre. I watched the "unrated version" which is definitely a hard "R". No kids.
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Just saw this, and like other Wan films, the Saws included, found it predictable, lacking it what it promises, and in many ways simply a mediocre movie. Bacon is good. Goodman overacts, and everyone else is just pretty much there. The plot is something you've seen 1,000 times, and Wan in no way improives upon it. The transitions were poorly done, and the final sequence is almost laughable, it's so poorly over the top. The use of odd "ballads" in the soundtrack kinda underscores the fact that Wan is a totally unoriginal filmmaker, barring the plot (NOT the acting or film) of Saw 1. Don't even bother to rent it...
OH, abd BTW, this is one review area where the "reviewers" who give away certain key occurrences and the end are doing those who haven't seen it a favor.
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The first few minutes of this movie had such promise but things went down hill rather quickly after the murder of Kevin Bacon's son. I think it was totally unrealistic with regards to the pursuit of the criminals that killed his son and I really hated when the thugs broke in and shot his wife and surviving son . . . just too dark with no redemption whatever! I would not recommend this one.
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I think the film is a waste of good acting. It's all about revenge. And Kevin Bacon's character, Nick, deserves revenge because his son was brutally murdered. But there is gratuitous violence, a lack of basic logic, and a failure to build much interest in the key players.
Nick is a corporate executive who somehow (never explained) is also a shockingly effective killing machine, adept at using car doors and seat belts as lethal weapons. He's a master of diverse firearms, although he needs manuals to figure out how they are assembled. He's pretty good with head slams too.
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I saw the preveiws of this movie and decided to buy it and I'm glad I did. If a movie is to slow I will usually fall asleep, due to my job being very demaning but I was on the edge the whole time. I am going to watch it again. I hate movies that leave you wondering, this one made you feel finished. If you like action and tender moments this is the one for you.
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