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10 July 2008 (Russia)
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions. more
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After he awakens in a hospital, a man tracks down and murders the man that left him and a bank teller for dead during a robbery, only to end up having the slain thief's associates come after him in retaliation. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominees: 30th Annual Young Artist Awards
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Smarter than your average action-movie.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | Liam Case |
 | Ray Liotta | ... | Detective Terry Subcott |
 | Norman Reedus | ... | Swain |
 | Kim Coates | ... | Skinner McGraw |
 | Tommy Flanagan | ... | Derek (as Thomas Flannigan) |
 | Jean Smart | ... | Melanie McQueen |
 | Christa Campbell | ... | Kayla McQueen |
 | Steven Kozlowski | ... | Lynch McGraw |
 | Gary Cairns II | ... | Gill |
 | Sammi Hanratty | ... | Marley Singer (as Samantha Hanratty) |
 | Ben Cross | ... | Cosmo Jackson |
 | Todd Jensen | ... | Detective Wallace MacTee |
 | Paul Sampson | ... | Gordy McGraw |
| Lisa Dunne | ... | Marley's Mom |
| Elitsa Rajeva | ... | Dawn Case (as Elitza Rajeva) |
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Rated R for strong violence, language and brief sexual content.
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Ray Liotta and Tommy Flanagan both also starred in Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces (2006), yet shared no scenes.
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Factual errors: In the final shootout Swains M16 can clearly be seen to be a movie prop, solid carrying handle with no rear sight aperture.
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A lot of people might get confused with all the time-shifting that goes around in this movie.
While most movies tell the story from beginning to end this one jumps from Middle to Begging to End to Middle and back again, a lot! But just like in for instance the TV-show LOST this has proved to be an interesting concept and it does work quite well actually.
The movie is an Action-movie But it's also a mystery of sorts, you have to puzzle and think a lot of how it's all connected.
The director BRIAN SMRZ does his directorial debut, HOWEVER he is no rookie, he has worked on plenty of movies as Stunt-Cordinator and Second Unit Director. A lot of these movies have interestingly enough been movies about heroes such as LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, SUPERMAN RETURNS and he also has been involved in a couple of the X-MEN-movies.
This is interesting because the "Hero" in this movie is not truly identified as a hero, He is just a regular guy at the right place at the right time.
But this hero is truly flawed and he does have his share of secrets, and the movie almost takes a psychological approach to the complexity of being called a hero and the strive for fame and glory.
Most actors does great, of course CUBA GOODING Jr in the lead but also the underrated NORMAN REEDUS steps to the plate.
The bad guys are played great as well even though they are kind of One-dimensional. But I think this was SMRZ idea in order to make it "hero-movie-like" but still having enough interesting twists to not making it a "hero-movie", if you catch my drift.
I am however NOT happy with the choice of RAY LIOTTA, who seems rather bored with the making of this movie and doesn't deliver with the same intensity as the rest of the cast, which is a shame.
Although there are some plot holes not fully covered and some scenes not handed with the greatest care, all in all it's much smarter then your average STRAIGHT-TO-DVD-releases.