Worst movie I have ever seen!! Slow !! Terrible actors and the story was worse!!! Please never make a movie again. That was a waste of time and money ... the 1 dollar I spent a red box. I should've just lit the dollar on fire.

With a wild set of mood swings, the character Frank Pierce moves from being a committed recovering alcoholic to a monstrous force of nature in a heartbeat. There is a defining scene early in the film when Frank is hammering in his yard. The pace builds along with Frank's blood pressure and intensity. Suddenly, he inflicts an intentionally hurtful blow of the hammer on his hand. The balance of the film is a tug-of-war between Good Frank and Bad Frank.The plotting of this film was contrived with a potboiler story of how Frank is drawn back in to the world of crime and violence. We slowly learn the history of Bad Frank's rage attacks, which landed him in trouble with the military and necessitated intervention from his father, who was a police chief.But Frank also proved to be a loyal friend to the shady underworld figure, Mickey Duro (Tom Sizemore). Frank refused to rat out Frank and spent time in prison on behalf of his old buddy. As the film begins, Frank has rebuilt his life with a woman whom he met in his recovery group. Curiously, however, Frank does not request a refill of his meds. That is the fateful starting point for his decline.Frank uses poor judgment is agreeing to meet with an old chum named Travis Lugar. The result of the meeting is an ugly drug deal with Mickey Duro killing the two drug suppliers in cold blood. Frank tries to do the right thing by reporting the incident to the authorities. Mickey retaliates by kidnapping Frank's wife. In turn, Frank kidnaps Mickey's daughter. It is with this double hostage situation that the film begins to unravel.MAJOR SPOILER ALERTS: When Frank and Mickey decide to put their differences aside and exchange their loved ones who have been kidnapped, the most shocking moment is when Frank chooses to kill Mickey's daughter in full view of the father. This gratuitous act of violence puts a completely new spin on the depth to which "Good Frank" could become "Bad Frank." Moreover, it was unclear why Frank would not untie the ropes binding his wife Gina as he drove away from the crime scene. Another entirely confusing moment was the scene that occurred in Frank's home when his father was confronted by Niko, a hooligan who was the minion of Mickey. Clearly a struggle between the two men had occurred. But we never see the actual struggle or definitively learn the outcome. For the careful viewer, it is clear that the father was wounded, but was not dead. He was still breathing as he was seated in the chair in Frank's home! What this shoddy filmmaking? Or, was the scene intentionally ambiguous? END SPOILERS.There were too many loose ends and far-fetched scenes in this motion picture. The strength of the film is in the development of the complex personality in Frank Pierce. Kevin Interdonato turned in an excellent performance in this deeply troubled and conflicted character. The supporting cast was also good. If one overlooks the the plot holes and focuses on characters, the film was above average as a character study.

Oddly enough, even though this was a gripping movie and Frank was indeed very bad, I think there were still levels to which he could sink that we didn't witness. I would have liked to have seen these avenues explored as there was so much more to come from him. Still as it stands, the film is a good one and Kevin Interdanato is just excellent. And! actually I think this is the best performance I've seen from Tom Sizemore, and that is seriously saying something. In fact rather than account for individual performances I will simply say the whole cast is outstanding... as is the direction.The story is a fairly simple one but done well. Most of the fat has been trimmed from body of this movie and what's left is a very tasty morsel indeed. The direction is very good and though the script is slightly odd in places, given the story and development it does well.There are a couple of things I didn't like. Firstly, given Franks character, a clearly deranged psychotic individual on medication to deal with his mental state, his wife (a nurse no less) seemed oblivious not only to his temperament, but also his propensity to become unstable when distressed or provoked; all while she was blatantly aware he had run out of medication. I mean that's just insane. With such lapses in judgement, she could benefit from medication of some kind herself.The scenes where Frank holds Crystal takes Stockholm syndrome to another level. Even with the alcohol to supposedly 'calm him down' (something which is contrary to medical opinion) this is out of character for our edge ridden hero. Her behaviour is equally bizarre given she's kidnapped and wakes up tied to a chair with her dress almost around her waist. Yes, she initially thinks its by one of her 'liaisons', but even after finding out it's by an associate of her father who she knows is a thug and a criminal she's not perturbed for long. The ease with which the seduction occurs, though well portrayed, is unlikely. I personally think Frank should have been a really bad boy and raped her in a fit of psychotic sexual abandon. He's Bad Frank for Christ sake, don't start pulling punches when we've seen him bite a guy in the face and act with levels of aggression not seen since Max Cady.Additionally, I would have preferred a more comprehensive ending; not that the outcome isn't implied clearly, but still I felt a little short changed. I wanted more, and it seemed like things were just gathering steam when the end came all too quickly and a little abruptly. Again, I just think a little more 'Bad Frank' and a little less of (or in addition to) the in-between would have really put a sharp edge on this one.But anyway, as usual I digress. All that said, this is a great film with great acting, screenplay, and a good amount of action. Well worth watching. I hate writing reviews with spoilers. I try to avoid them whenever I can for obvious reason, but with this one I just can't help it... some things just will not stay buttoned up.

Normally when watching movies on my computer I watch a movie while doing something else at the same time but for this movie I couldn't take my eyes away.I loved it. From the first minutes where he put the hammer onto his hands, you felt that this guy is not right. There are some cheesy things in the movie and some of the dialogue is not the best. But in the end you have two (three? ) psychopaths against each other.I really loved it. Gonna rate it at 8, would have been higher if some of the scripting would have been better. But from acting, story etc it is amazing.Some are comparing it to Taken which is not right, I rather compare it to 'A History of Violence' which is a great movie on it's own albeit this one a bit darker.