Avis Metacritic

Highly watchable stuff (not to mention listenable, with a relentless but not overly obtrusive hip-hop soundtrack propelling the action).

Unremarkable but competent in stylistic terms, with good use of Philadelphia locations, sharp casting and the requisite marketable hip-hop soundtrack adding up to a fun genre package.

Boasts spunk, imagination and a strong performance from Smallville's very talented Sam Jones III.

Oddly enough, given his limited role, the movie seems to have been made around Nelly; when he's not onscreen, everything falls apart.

Too bad this movie is more tepid than the average Snipes potboiler and even rustier than his mindless Blade pictures.

Mr. Jones, who recently starred in "Zig-Zag," a similarly striving, overwrought picture, is a disciplined and likable performer, and he bravely perseveres in the face of narrative absurdity and rampant overacting.

Enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible.

Both a snore and utter tripe.

A cockeyed shot all the way.