I have never watched a movie so full of actors I admire, and yet miss the point so very badly.
And that's an important point about this film.
We have some real veterans on the screen here, guys who know their work.
The script is... not terrible. Not great, but not terrible. and yet the film as a whole seems completely devoid of content.
Some of the blame can be laid at the feet of the main actor, Ray Stevenson. I hate to speak ill of a thespian, but I suspect this guy got the job based almost solely on his appearance and his work on some of the writer's previous projects.
He's big, he's a semi-convincing redhead, but I suspect his acting skills lie elsewhere, and I was not surprised at all to see him cheesing it up big time in Thor, and appearing to have a blast doing it.
I suspect The main blame lies with the director, Jonathan Hensleigh.
A prolific writer, he has only taken to direction 3 times. The punisher in 2004, which was a huge flop by all accounts; a horror called 'welcome to the jungle' which went straight to video in 2007, and then this second rate attempt at blue collar crime story in 2011.
I would say he should probably stick with writing. his written credits aren't great films, but they certainly made a lot of money.
In short, don't bother seeing this film, even if you are a fan of his big written credits, (Armageddon, Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance) or anything else directed by this guy. He seems to be the evil, media based cousin of King Midas;
Everything he directs turns to crap.
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