besttom

I honestly cannot believe (as of the time I'm writing this) 42% of the voters gave this movie a 10. I have so little respect for the voting users of IMDb. This movie starts out w/ an "our life as a family, recorded on Dad's camcorder" video montage which is wholly unbelievable and it only gets worse from there. That montage truly represents the (lack of) range the actors portraying this family have. The fact that the film then relies at least twice on scenes from those montages later in the movie only underscores what a horrible production this is. There is no believable acting in this film. There is not one scene in which I accept what's put in front of me. The director's reliance on constantly-moving camera shots, following the lead as he's being chased / chasing from one implausible scene to the next highlights an inability on the part of the director to take a thoroughly flawed script and translate it into anything worth the cellulite on which it's printed. Besides horrible acting, the movie also suffered from characters less than paper thin. We learn the 1 son plays hockey and the other, younger one paints. And there's a little bit of sibling rivalry. Other than that, it's just a family. The cop is a cop and the bad guys are bad guys. Even John Goodman - who's a decent actor - clearly did this for the paycheck. Clearly this was my fault – I went in expecting anything more than a brainless shoot-'em-up. I actually thought Kevin might bring along something akin to an acting ability. I was sadly mistaken and wish I had those 2 hours of my life back. What a waste this movie was.