Horribly Contrived Waste of Talented Actors

Rating: 1/10 (26 March 2008)

Contains few spoilers: I rarely take the time to write a movie review, but after seeing this movie, I felt obligated to warn others. At this point I am convinced Ben Affleck took the time himself to write many of the reviews I am seeing on this message board. I rented this looking forward to see 2 very talented actors/actresses from my favorite show The Wire. Unfortunately their respective agents decided to phone it in after landing them their successful television roles. I will not waste much time leaving my remarks. All you need to know is that the plot is entirely contrived, and that it uses a poor attempt at shock value by having too many characters involved in an overly elaborate plan to kidnap a child and steal $130K. By the way, last time I checked, when you execute an unarmed citizen in their own home, you end up in bracelets.