By Any Means

This is not a ten, but its far from a 1.

The acting is not real good, you can tell most of the actors are acting, including the two main characters. Good actors seem like real people when they do their character in contrast these actors seemed like actors trying to be real people. I did think the homely black woman was a real cop though, so kudos to her for selling her character. Most of the others were adequate, they did not bring the movie down.

The real strength of the movie lies in its script, the story line. You are not given a body count, special effects or a gratuitous booby count, so a lot of modern viewers may not be that interested in this movie.

You are given an interesting movie and pretty good direction,

first of no where near a 9, what a complete load of up-voted rubbish! wish company's would stop doing this, its a 3 if that!, the acting was laughable.. movie was boring, oh and did i mention the acting? a 9.3?!? ha ha in your dreams!, that 9.3 vote is probably the film crew and director!

avoid.

Absolute drivel. I've seen far better films on Lifetime. Fake ratings have bumped up the IMDb score. I only happened across this garbage on a free streaming site. I want back the 30 minutes I lasted. This movie is about 84 minutes too long. Story is rubbish. Acting is rubbish. Dialogue is farcical and clichéd. Go read the latest copy of OK! magazine instead.

Firstly the story is great. I love it and it's current and valid, however the screenplay lets it down with poor dialogue and weak plot points although the decent pace helps out a lot. The acting is like a pendulum: Burfitt and Gipson are sometimes excellent, and sometimes flat, and I blame that not on them but what i think is probably poor and inconsistent directing. The twist at the end is great. You know one is coming but you can't know what it is and it's a good one and well written into the story. It's probably the best written and directed part. It was very gratifying to see they resisted the temptation for lots of gratuitous nudity and sex. Nicely done. All in all a very enjoyable film.

''Hold on a minute--don't get up yet and leave.''

This thought seeped in after the first 5 minutes was endured.

''Give it a chance, man ''

But no, became apparent this flick was a fail. '' CLICK OFF ''

C- list actor described in the summary was in fact a bad B list actor in reality. The male antagonist, worse, hey! he might have been C- listed though.

Where the feeling of being 'gripped' was derived from, know not.

My interest was never piqued - the bored disappointment at every scene took me over and turned me off.