This film seized defeat from the jaws of victory.

Rating: 3/10 (14 August 2008)

The acting seemed excellent apart from enunciation. I could not make out a lot of the dialog.
The story is a monument to misguided sentimentality, however. The ending made the rest of the plot seem pretentious twaddle.
The main protagonist was downright stupid in making his final decision. I saw that it was just another idiot plot, after such a promising start! If Kenzie had only just talked it through with the people who hired him to do the job in the first place they would have come to an amicable and rational arrangement that would have left everyone happy, and out of jail.
There was such a wide streak of self-righteousness in this disappointing movie that it undid all the good will created by skillful film-making.
I was able to understand every work Casey Affleck spoke, so I know I was not mistaken in my comprehension of his character's motives in doing what he did.
The plot was ruined by the final twist. The film seized defeat from the jaws of victory. It could have been a contender.