Years ago, Anthony Mackie was driving drunk and got into a terrible accident. He has since reinvented himself as a self-help author, talking karma, spirituality and moving forward. He is approached by Forest Whitaker, who seeks help in getting over the untimely death of his mother, which has blighted his marriage and left him in a state of clinical depression. Mackie agrees. Now, guess how Whitaker's mother died.
It turns into a variation of Stephen King's MISERY, with Mackie's wife, Sanaa Lathan searching for her husband, and Whitaker having too keep his young daughter, Ariana Neal, from finding out about the bloody, manacled prisoner in the basement. Mostly, though, it's about watching two great actors going at it hammer and tongs: Whitaker, playing another of his mostly-functioning madmen, and Mackie playing a character so that, probably, he doesn't know if he believes what he says. Is his smooth line all jive, or has he found redemption in helping others?
It turns into a variation of Stephen King's MISERY, with Mackie's wife, Sanaa Lathan searching for her husband, and Whitaker having too keep his young daughter, Ariana Neal, from finding out about the bloody, manacled prisoner in the basement. Mostly, though, it's about watching two great actors going at it hammer and tongs: Whitaker, playing another of his mostly-functioning madmen, and Mackie playing a character so that, probably, he doesn't know if he believes what he says. Is his smooth line all jive, or has he found redemption in helping others?