Please don't let our lack of enthusiasm about this one bother you. It's a Saw-like thriller. Starring Gerard Butler. And Jamie Foxx. Did you know that Jamie Foxx once won an Oscar?
"...one of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect. I mean, come on, you're thinking. Still, there's something to be said for a movie you like well enough at the time."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...a slick cat and mouse thriller where occasional splashes of gore substitute for any emotional depth or narrative context."
— Bill Gibron, filmcritic.com
"An exercise in illogic and Death Wish cribbing that lets a bunch of good actors collect big paychecks for playing way less than their A game."
— Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...a flagrantly ridiculous thriller that tries to retrofit Saw to function as a mainstream, semi-respectable vigilante picture about the failings of our justice system."
— Scott Tobias, Variety
"Director F. Gary Gray and writer Kurt Wimmer peddle cheap, graphic Z-grade revenge thrills dressed up as Knowing Sociopolitical Commentary — as in, the justice system's rotten, so let's blow up, then gut, then roast again the whole sumbitch and start from scratch."
— Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice