For the last thirteen years AJ has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack. Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
As bloated as its star's pectoral muscles and as lastingly resonant as any random episode of SmackDown.
– Andrew Schenker,
Time Out New York,
7 Sep 2011
rotten:
Shooting for stoic, Mr. Levesque only delivers inert. And the plot devolves into a tangle of dithering story lines.
– Daniel M. Gold,
New York Times,
8 Sep 2011
rotten:
A nonsensical, thickly plotted gumbo...
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
9 Sep 2011
rotten:
Loyalties are tested and Scorsese ripped off until audiences may feel as if they're in a movie deathlock.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
9 Sep 2011
fresh:
If many of the script's circumstances seem a bit too convenient, Mandelberg's direction provides a cavalier "what next?" verve that invites incongruity.