Worth a watch if you are bored

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2014)

If you are looking for a genuine teaser, something to make you think, move right along. I watched this with a friend and we had it figured out within twenty minutes. We spent the rest of the movie basically waiting for the scenarios we had described to play out, which they duly did. It's not terrible, it just doesn't have anything in particular to recommend it. A shame really as John Cusack is usually worth a watch, and I personally enjoy Ray Liotta's performances. Sadly, here, they were at best clichéd and at worst without depth to their characters. We found it hard to care what happened to any of the cast as they were either unlikeable with no redeeming features or absolutely pointless. The makers also decided that sticking the wonderful Alfred Molina behind a desk and barely giving him anything to say or do was a great idea; what a waste of a real talent. The storyline had potential but somebody decided not to go with that and to make a predictable, plodding, barely above a B-movie effort instead.