The beginning ruined it all for me.

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2014)

The movie opens with Nicholas Cage's character defending himself against three guys in a fight in a parking lot. They begin to beat him badly. He starts to get the upper hand and when one guy attempts to kill him with a knife he grabs the knife and stabs the guy. Isn't that self defense? What kind of lawyer can't get a guy off who is just defending himself from being murdered? What kind of DA would even take that case to trial? The premise that Cage goes to jail for four years on a manslaughter charge is preposterous. He's a war hero. He did nothing wrong. I found it impossible to watch the rest of the movie after seeing that.