A disgrace to the existence of cinema!

Rating: 1/10 (28 April 2018)

First written review, despite many hundreds of ratings. I figure though, that experiencing the worst movie of all time, is a special occasion, if nothing else. The fact that this movie has received a user score at this time of 7.4, and have had a box office of almost 127 millions dollars in revenue, is the kinda thing that makes me question the future of the media.
Us users apparently have lost the consensus to distinguish between dogshit, and expression of art, or maybe we even prefer seek out the poopers of convience and mindless entertainment, and the pimping producers and directors who just keeps on feeding us like addicts, giving us what we want, instead of what we need.
Why even watch it then, you might ask, and surely I wouldn't have on my own, but in groups you need common ground and compromises, but even in my noble commitment, it pains me that I did not find a single likeable moment or feature of the film.
The pacing is absolutely horrible. We get about 30 seconds of introduction to our main characters life and family, before we see attempted rape and paedophilia and off screen killing, to people we do not know the names off, and haven't had the slightest chance to care about yet. It makes this gruesome scene, that are supposed to justify some of the atrocities later on, seem almost comical, because it completely vandalises the gravity of its themes, in order to create a short and offensive tragic backstory. Only to a couple minutes later on, jump 10 years in time, to say; all what have happened before, is basically irrelevant, besides from excusing Gerard Butler from being a mean badass.
Memorable names, and faces as Jamie Foxx, Richard Kelly and Viola Davis, visit the screen. Only to stain their careers, professional continuity, and sense of quality and self-respect we might have thought they possessed.
The film ending gets caught, in its own internal lack of intelligence. Clyde Shelton's motivations and campaign is never remotely relateable, reasonable or probable, and at least the movie stands by its own insanity at last, by ending it all in fiery flames and explosions, while the supporting characters are running away for cover, to avoid getting swallowed by this nonsense. So should you!