Great concept terrible execution

Rating: 5/10 (22 October 2009)

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This movie could have been so good if they didn't do everything so half- ass.
The problem I have with these types of movies is that it looks cool until you get to the end and realize how unrealistic the ending was. I could have believed that Butler set the whole thing in motion, but what I can't believe is his walking in and out of jail. If all of these people were dying and supposedly he was responsible for all of it and people knew he was responsible for all of it, wouldn't they just put a camera in his isolation cell to watch his every move 24 hours a day.
Plus, what lessons other than vengeance do we actually learn from his actions. He's trying to take down the system and change it, but no moral lesson will come of this. Jamie Foxx doesn't really learn his lesson at the end of the day when he tricks Butler at the end.
They should have thought this through in more detail and made the justice system much more difficult to beat.