Timeline: boring, exciting, bad

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2004)

First of all, if you've read other reviews, you know about the goofball editing. And, yes, it's that bad. Just because it looks good in the opening credits doesn't mean you need to do it throughout the whole movie. The whole two and a half hour movie. So, be prepared to be annoyed there.
Next. Fifty minutes to set up the relationship between Denzel and the kid? Come on. I understand wanting to provide a little extra time to show how and why they care about each other, but it is just too much. Move it along.
Also, the ending is just bad. I'm not going to put in a spoiler. I'll just say that the ending goes against the premise of the entire two and a half hours that came before it. It's just not good.
On the plus side, the revenge stuff in the second half of the film is excellent, minus the crazy editing. I was even willing to set aside the fact that I had to wade through 50+ minutes to get to it.
I wanted to see this in the theater and everyone I know who saw it really enjoyed it. There is some good stuff in there, but there's a lot of bad that you have to put up with, too. Ultimately, I can't recommend it.