Review: I watched this movie with my friend and we both didn't understand what the hell was going on. When the plot does all come together, it just ends up being an average film with a sketchy plot. The director didn't do a good job with putting the storyline together because there was 3 plots running at the same time which made the film annoying. The acting is what you expect from Colin Farrell and Terence Howard and like many other films nowadays, you have the Eastern Europeans as the baddies. The showdown at the end was unbelievable and quite bad, after a 2 hour build up, and the love story didn't have to be in it. On the plus side, you do end up sticking with the film just to see how it pans out but that's about it. Average!
Round-Up: I did expect this movie to be much better after seeing the write ups from the critics, but there are a lot of question marks with the storyline. I'm glad that they chose Terence Howard as the baddie because he always plays the same type of roles, but the script let him down. The other thing that was amusing is that the characters are walking around New York with guns in the broad daylight without a peep from anyone and people are hanging off of buildings shooting people and no one says a word. Very unrealistic! Maybe I'm being over critical, but there just wasn't any thought into some of the scenes. In all, if you don't take it too seriously, it's watchable.
Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $18million
I recommend this movie to people who are into there mindless thrillers with some action and a touch of suspense. 3/10
