VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

GUENOT PHILIPPE OK won't make it too long; just to say that some accents here remind me Michael Cimino's masterpiece: Pittsburgh vicinity, steel factories, deep America, war veterans, unemployed people, darkness, and a deer hunter scene. Besides, that's for me a true film noir.

Mihai Toma Russell, an average guy, working at a steel mill in a remote village, gets arrested for causing an accident. In the meantime, his girlfriend dumps him and his brother, Rodney, gets involved in some nasty fights, not willing to work like a normal person.As you would expect, Rodney's "business" doesn't go as it was hoped, he gets involved with the wrong guy and gets murdered. As the police must follow procedure, thus taking a very long and agonizing time, Russell decides he must do something about it. But don't imagine here that he will go and beat the bad guy up, or shoot him, or something...nooo, he wastes his time waiting for the police until the movie is close to the end, makes a phone call, lures him in his village, takes revenge and the end. As simple as that. What a movie! It has two hours, one wasted on boring and mundane events, half of the other brings some drama, but not too much because it might hurt somebody, while the last part tries to make up for the lack of interest and excitement the movie inspired until that point by providing the much lusted revenge.To say this movie was a waste of time would simply be a compliment for it. Besides the fact that is as boring as it can be, it also features two big stupid and disappointing sequences, on which the movie bases, which make you scratch your head, to say the least. The only positive aspect about this movie is, as usual, the actors, who do their part very well. If it wasn't for them, I would have closed the TV after at most half an hour.

momosity It was definitely a waste of 2 hours but I couldn't sleep so what the heck, I watched it. I feel badly for people who spent money to see this dreck. At least on cable there are subtitles so I could read what the actors were mumbling!I'd ask how so many good actors could make such a boring movie, but unfortunately these days that's becoming more common.

ilkazapata I have not seeing such a waste of good actors in a while. This movie has a wonderful cast, including: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Shepard. I find it a little puzzling how these actors agreed to help tell this story. This is just another revenge story. Not even original at it (like "Hard candy"). Just the typical poor, unlucky, but still unbelievably good guy trying to get by. The which does not bring anything new and is so damn predictable. The movie aims to fall in the action/drama realm, and it has its moments in both, but it fails hardly in the action part. And the rhythm is too damn slow. Direction and editing did not help... To wrap up, it has good acting but but direction and editing, so the final result is a sucky, boring movie.