Waste of $1

Rating: 4/10 (3 January 2011)

Got this from Redbox after it was recommended to me by brother-in-law.
Quite frankly, it sucked a big one. While I don't expect action thrillers to have that much in the way of plot evolution, this movie was to the point of ludicrous. With its multiple twists, do you really expect a sane individual to even get into the flick? By the time half of the movie was over, my wife and I were laughing at the defiance of the law of physics and ridiculous plot convolutions that it made a Bollywood film look like "Hamlet". And worst still, it takes itself too seriously.
Angelina Jolie is quickly becoming the female "Nicholas Cage", acting in stupid flicks with stupid plots while giving her silly pouts; worse yet, she has good potential as a good actress, as seen in "Gia" or even "Changeling". Direction is competent, but I was surprised to see Philip Noyce ("Patriot Games", "Rabbit Proof Fence") directed, since he has done better films in the past. When I found out Kurt Wimmer ("Equilibrium", "Ultraviolet") wrote it, I finally figured out why this was a stupid flick to begin with. The rest of the cast, while potentially good, went wasted.
Please don't waste your money on this garbage. Hollywood, please stop wasting money on trash like this.