Violent gritty good

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2005)

You don't often see Hollywood movies getting this violent. Denzil Washington manages to kill off half of Mexico with his vigilante fury after a small girl, who he is paid to bodyguard is kidnapped. The character has spent 20yrs in military service, killed a lot of people and loses his past in a whisky bottle. However when the kidnappers steal the only person who showed him that life was worth living...then "Only one man...". You know the sort of thing. Charles Bronson territory but with a bit of feeling, emotion and actually existing to watch. The only thing I felt a little too overpowering was the passion for modern trend fun-effects of undercranking, hyper-fast cranes or pans, bleached scenes, double exposure, bouncing jump-shots and most effects with seen in "The Ring" or "The Grudge". It's too overdone, but a great film!