This was on Netflix and had a rating of 7.5, so I figured why not as the general story line seemed intriguing. Well it certainly wasn't my cup of tea, and I like action flicks and dramas too.

I could tell from the opening credits it was different, I guess would be a nice way to put it. The music score was really weird, almost 80's synthesizer and really didn't fit the movie at all, but I just figured maybe it was just a weird opening. Nope it's like that the entire movie, and scores & music in general can make or break a movie. In this case it was certainly the latter for me. It had that Indie / foreign feel to it, as well as being a 'B' movie, but I rolled with it thinking I have seen a few indie films that were good. But after 10 minutes into the movie you start to realize this is going to be an adrenaline fueled rush coupled with yelling and cursing throughout, to the point of it feeling exhausting. Still, wanting to give it a chance I watched on...

As far as the acting goes I've never seen Sandler in a role like this, but then again I haven't seen him in anything in the last 10 years. So it was refreshing to see him in a different role. However, through no fault of his I couldn't stand his character, nor could I relate to nor get behind anyone in the movie. Movies like this tend to lose my interest quickly as I have no investment or interest, basically nothing to latch onto, and couple that with a really weird score, I was fading fast...

I made it about 45 minutes into it, being fascinated he wasn't killed up to that point and paused it only to realize in disappointment I wasn't even half way though it, and I was not going to sit through another hour plus of this, so I sped through the rest in about 5 minutes and watched the climax. I won't spoil the end but I didn't find it surprising, satisfying, vindicating or anything really. But again I didn't really care how it would end as my interest was far removed at this point.

In the end I'm surprised at the high rating, while I gravitate more towards action & sci-fi genre, I enjoy all kinds of movies and my criteria is pretty simple, I want to be entertained, and while I can't say this movie was boring, I didn't find it to my liking and wasn't entertained at all. It seemed really over the top, loud, obnoxious, and way to unrealistic. Even if this had a good score I don't think I would have liked it any more. Since 1 is the minimum rating I give it a 2 as I thought Sandler did a good job, beyond that there was nothing at all I liked about it