Potential To Be A Box Office Smash Hit....

Rating: Null/10 (11 October 2004)

*Spoilers*
this movie was awesome, half way through. then I dreaded the thought that the orderly was somehow involved. it was beyond obvious, we see the Dr. for seconds in the hospital talking about his patient as if he were only a number, but good IL orderly steps up and sets the Dr. straight.
after that the movie seems to have hit the wall, down hill we go.
the cut away to Glover obsessing with the video, then they are off to the deserted warehouse, I keep wondering "is this real time, or a flashback" it wasn't very clear at all. but like all predictable movies, even with a shot gun and another hand gun trained on him, the bad guy got away. not before he apparently gets a back full of buckshot.
the one rare thing about this movie though was even when every single movement/action was so predictable, in the end it had a huge surprise. but the aggravation getting there was a bit too much to swallow.
typical,
1.wife frees herself, even with gun she screws up 2.glover obsessed with killer saves the wife and child 3.glover is able to follow and chase orderly, eventually getting killed
now my "give me a break" meter was peaking the whole last half of this movie.
the ending as twisted as it was, still had some gaps. does the Dr. live?
what exactly did the orderly do wrong to deserve this? how was the real killer supposed to get out of the room if the orderly died?
I have more questions, but have to draw the line somewhere.
in short, this movie had amazing potential. was almost like they forced all the predictable clichés just so they could get you in the end. but why so many?