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Created Jan 24, 2008 11:08AM PST • Edited Jan 24, 2008 11:13AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Really Great 4.5

   This movie is about an average joe from suburbia who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He sees his son get murdered in what he thinks is a gas station holdup, but turns out to be a gang initiation. From here he vows revenge on those responsible for the death of his son but does not know how to go about getting it, at first.
   Kevin Bacon does a first rate job supported by a mainly excellent cast. For those who are a Kevin Bacon fan this is pretty much a must see film. The depth he takes his character to is amazing.

4. Acting

   Really Great 4.5

   Kevin Bacon does an amazing job in this movie. John Goodman is an excellent supporting cast member and pulls off his character flawlessly. The only real complaint I had about the acting in this movie is the people who played the gang members. It’s not that they were bad, but a few lines did come off a little cheesy.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Really Great 4.5

7. Female Costars Really Great 4.5

8. Male Costars Really Great 4.5

10. Film

    Really Great 4.5

    All round great.

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Really Great 4.5

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Really Great 4.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 2.8

    There is quite a bit of blood in this movie, from the beatings, shootings and stabbings. But I would not say that it went over the top.

17. Sex Titillating 1.9

18. Violence Brutal 3.5

19. Rudeness Profane 2.9

21. Reality

    Surreal 2.3

    This is one of those films that the possibility of it actually happening is slim, but i think eveery one carries the fear with them in the back of there mind.

22. Circumstantial Surreal 3.0

    Possibility of this happening is not very likley, but is possible I suppose, to a very unlucky person.

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Surreal 3.0