Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
The result is such a mish-mash of conflicting tones and ideas that it doesn't play well on any level.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Sep 2007
rotten:
It's terrible and it's so disappointing because I love Kevin Bacon and I love Aisha [Tyler] and you have good actors here who are trapped.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
4 Sep 2007
rotten:
The morality of revenge is barely at issue in a movie that pushes the plausibility of revenge right over a cliff.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep 2007
rotten:
This graphically violent film suffers from cursorily developed characters whose primary function is to advance the creaky plot.
– Joshua Katzman,
Chicago Reader,
3 Dec 2007
rotten:
Bacon, as usual, is very good even when he's slumming, and as a trashy B-movie redo of Death Wish the movie works well enough for a Saturday afternoon with a case of brewskies.