Very good - could've been so much better

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2015)

I won't go into all of the details that so many others have, I'll just give my overall opinion of the movie.
Frankly, this was one of those movies where it felt like the producer and director weren't entirely sure where they wanted to go with it. Is it a comedy, is it a drama, action pic, etc? I'm not sure they knew.
In the end, it felt to me like it was lacking so much, and what was lacking they tried to make up for with over-the-top extras which didn't add to the movie in the slightest.
Yes, it was an "R" movie, but when the language ... seriously? It didn't add to the movie at all (took away from Jackson's character with me), and just was overbearing. Add to it the absolutely idiotic sex scene at the end (was she really that pathetic?) and it felt like they didn't know how to end it.
The comedic death sequences seemed extremely childish as well. Maybe they were aiming for a particular target audience ... but the "R" rating cuts down on the number of 15- and 16-year-olds in the theater.
The group I was with when I saw the movie all said the same thing - if you're going to have that over-the-top profanity and the gratuitous sex bits at the end, at least spend a moment or two reviewing it so that it adds to the movie and doesn't detract from it.
Without those, this would've been a much better flick in our opinion, worthy of the mid-8's. Instead, a solid 7 for us.
Just my opinion in the end, though.