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

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

twogandts This film has it all: The cop, the drugs, the cartel, and a priest(?) The cop troubled by the loss of his family, who works vice, who drinks and doesn't play by the rules. The drugs made into a statue, and put into a church by mistake. The cartel want it back. So the cop and the priest are gonna stop them. However these plot lines are put together with such a lack of skill that this film is irritating from the start.The cartel import and sell drugs. They swear a lot and have guns. Some of them are quite muscled. None of them can fight. No scene involving the cartel is in any way memorable. The priest (Christian Slater) used to be special forces. Neither the cartel or the priest are well acted.Okay, so the cop lost his family but just in case you can't pick up on that there's loads of flashback scenes of family together and too many more of them getting killed. He works vice he licks mysterious white powders to identify them. Yes, it really is that bad. And his drinking is not believable: there's lots of scenes of him drinking alcohol - hip flasks, mixing into coffee, washing down the aspirin while driving, etc - but never as much as would get anyone drunk. He doesn't play by the rules: he goes to a gun fight with only his fists, then he decides to face down a speeding car with armed folk inside shooting at him on foot with just his handgun, then he decides that the best course of action would be to ambush the cartel in the church with just him and the priest. Utter balls.There's lots of shooting and people dying. There's drug use and sex but without any point. Most of it could have been implied and then this mess could have been shown on TV.The end doesn't come soon enough.

susan boyle The whole idea/storyline is unoriginal and screams 'Foxtel cop show', The acting at the beginning of the film was about as convincing as the acting in a porn movie. Cuba Gooding Jr's performance gained momentum as the movie progressed, however his character was not memorable, though that was probably due to a bad script. As for Christian Slater, he was foolishly cast as a priest, for which he gave a weak performance where he came off as uninterested and far too smug, with a different script it might have been slightly funny, but as this is a serious movie I doubt that was the intended affect. As for the characters from the drug-ring, they were painfully stereotypical. If each character from the film had been made just a touch more clichéd, and with an edited script, it could be a satirical comedy. All in all a predictable and unmemorable movie that smacks of childishness despite it's large amount of curse words and sexual references.

shdwhawk The movie unfolds rather well, with an good story and decent characters. The action scenes are well done, and they take their gun-play seriously. Cuba does come across as a bad-ass. It is also shot very well. It renews interest in Cuba's career. People shouldn't judge this film based on their feelings toward Cuba. He does an excellent job in this film, and really stands above the semi-similar swath of these action flicks as of late. The movie is rather dark and gritty, i was not expecting this after scanning through "The List". I really think the acting is great with the exception of the little girl. The bad guys do come across as sociopaths rather well. Most importantly there is an ever so present feeling of tension.

jlarrison I am always interested in a Cuba Gooding Jr. movie, as his personality can carry even crappy plots. I feel bad for Cuba as the last few films he has made have been TV movie dramas at best.This movie is no exception as the film work and writing are slow and dull. Though there were a few good scenes, such as the scene when Cuba visits the snake man.I would advise against watching this movie, it is a drama/action film, but is missing the action and drama to keep you interested beyond the first 20-minutes.Though I was able to watch the entire thing, I do feel it was overall a waste of time and I wish I had not seen this film.It reminds me of a late night HBO rerun movie that you might watch if you have nothing else to do, and even then you probably won't walk away from the film even remembering that you saw it or anything interesting in it.Though I love Cuba's acting, and I hope he hits a few more home runs in his career, this is not one of them.