There are quite a few films made. that for some reason or another go direct to DVD,playing in a few theatres in Europe.
Viewing this tonight I can see why, they decided NOT to play this in any USA theatre. They would have needed a CLEANER to clean the mess.
Matthew Aldrich's first screenplay may be his last,it starts with a good idea & goes downhill from that point on; the script was confusing, cliché ridden & above all not very interesting.
The director Reny Harlin was of no help here,He is far from a real good director BUT here he completely misses the boat.
The cast is top draw & usually reason enough to see them in a movie, Samuel Jackson, Ed Harris, Eve Mendes & Luis Guzman do the best they can with what they have to work with.I also want to mention the fine performance by 14 year old Keke Palmer, She plays the daughter of Sam Jackson & is just excellent.
If this had a more thought out script & better direction it could have been much better,.
Ratings ** (out of 4) 62 points (out of 100) IMDb 5 (out of 10)
Viewing this tonight I can see why, they decided NOT to play this in any USA theatre. They would have needed a CLEANER to clean the mess.
Matthew Aldrich's first screenplay may be his last,it starts with a good idea & goes downhill from that point on; the script was confusing, cliché ridden & above all not very interesting.
The director Reny Harlin was of no help here,He is far from a real good director BUT here he completely misses the boat.
The cast is top draw & usually reason enough to see them in a movie, Samuel Jackson, Ed Harris, Eve Mendes & Luis Guzman do the best they can with what they have to work with.I also want to mention the fine performance by 14 year old Keke Palmer, She plays the daughter of Sam Jackson & is just excellent.
If this had a more thought out script & better direction it could have been much better,.
Ratings ** (out of 4) 62 points (out of 100) IMDb 5 (out of 10)