GCBicki

Bot lead actors, Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox, have always been dear to me. So it was a no-brainer I would watch this. The story is straight forward, simple, yet easy to relate.

Beckinsale really shows she is not just a pretty face but a very skilled actress. She is very believable in her role as single mom of a great kid with epilepsy. I was impressed by her and will rate her performance a solid 9. Also Brian Cox filled his role as dying convict nicely. Their interaction felt true to life.

Family dramas like this are not for everyone. One can debate the entertainment value. It's more a very believable real-life story that can teach us some valuable lessons.

When I watched this movie it had 500+ ratings and stood at 7.5. I have not the slightest idea how anyone that is not biased due to being involved directly or indirectly with the production of this movie could rate this at 7.5!?

The story is pretty simple but of course a movie does not necessarily need a complicated story to be good. It's the acting where it falls short. The characters themselves are hard to like. The worst are the action scenes. The fighting is sub par. The car chase laughable.

With some good will I can see the deeper story that the lead male actor tries to rectify past mistakes from his life. And admittedly there are some nice country side shots. But that's about it. The classic music pieces would be nice but here feel like putting lipstick on a pig.

I could and will not recommend my friends watching this. I just can't. Save your time for something else.

I sometimes wonder who in their right mind are tossing out high ratings!? It can only be family and friends of the artists and the production team.

Please save your time. This movie is so bad it's not even worse going into detail.