Great action, lame plot

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2010)

This is a great action movie. But please shut off your moral chip when it starts. No matter what your morals/ethics are you are let down: 1) you believe murder is wrong. Well, both the protagonist and the antagonist kill unjustified (no self defense). 2) you believe the justice system is OK. Well, first murderers go free, an innocent man gets a lethal injection, then they are given a free lunch and nice bed, then the acting DA kills a convict. 3) you believe the justice system is screwed. Well, while trying to 'fix it', dozens of innocent people are 'collateral damage' (pun intended, Foxx).
To me both characters were unsympathetic bastards, who kill for their own good. I would've liked to see an epilogue in which Nick Rice is seen convicted, sitting in the same jail, holding a picture of his wife and child... Now that's justice!