How to destroy a great movie with the worst ending ever

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2010)

I'm not going to make a long review because what I feel about this movie has been said over and over.
The premise is classic: some random guy gets to see his daughter and wife murdered in front of him and seeks to make his own justice after having to witness the real justice basically letting the bad guys run free.
From there on, the movie got me hooked in the approach Butler's character takes to get his "revenge" (even though he says it's not about revenge). It's pretty smart and will have you question yourself all the time with stuff like "what is his end game?" or "what is going to happen next?". The other great thing is that it's hard to decide who the bad guy really is: do I feel for the guy who saw his family murdered and does what anyone else would by killing everyone or for the lawyer who isn't really a bad guy but is also responsible for this happening? Hard choice.
Hard choice? Yeah, it's a hard choice until about 4 minutes from the end of the movie, where it all goes to s h i t. Sorry, I don't have any other word for it. The ending feels like it was rushed, it makes no sense whatsoever (really, it doesn't) and will have you wonder who thought of it so you could punch him in the face senseless.
I'll still give the movie 7/10 because it entertained me and I didn't see the 2 hours pass. Too bad the ending was so bad, could have been a cult movie.