Michael's Movie Grade: C
An okay thriller.
This movie definitely has its share of flaws. However, it has enough things going for it to provide a decent watch. The performances here are really good. Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace both shine in their roles and make us like these cliché characters. However, the scene stealer is Malk Wahlberg. Wahlberg gets to play a villain here and he is having the time of his life playing this role. He is having so much fun in this role that I simply had fun watching it. This movie also benefits from Mel Gibson's direction. While he may be a controversial figure, Mel Gibson does know how to direct a suspense scene and even makes the most predictable suspense scene exciting to watch.
This movie definitely has its share of flaws though. The dialogue is often does not feel even remotely like how people talk, the attempts at humor are awful and so much of the plot depends on these characters being idiots. If the characters simply had half a brain cell, so many of the suspense scenes would never have happened. Yet we are somehow supposed to believe that these characters are supposed to be at least moderately intelligent.
This is far from a great movie and will never be considered such. However, in the right frame of mind this film does provide a certain amount of dumb fun.
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