not worthy of your money or time

Rating: 3/10 (4 February 2012)

I am judging this movie in the context of the brainless action movies released in the last 5 years but even by these standards the movie is awful. The story is not full of plot holes, it is plainly absurd from start to end. Ryan Gosling is one of my favourite young actors (this is why I watched the movie) but his performance in this movie was sub-par. He portrayed a taciturn, overpowered and "mysterious" stuntman with a poker face (in most situations) punctuated by long and "meaningful" silences. Ridiculous, unreal and parody like. What really saddened me is the score of 8 given by IMDb readers. For me this was the last time when I am using IMDb score as a an indicator of quality. This is not a matter of taste. The movie is just awful and it should not get this score considering how many great movies are getting a lower score.