I agree with the 10 January 2107 review ("The movie isn't bad..."). I had recorded this movie and was going to check out the first few minutes and watch something else, but I couldn't stop watching. The story may be simple but the cast is stellar, and the story moves along at a steady pace. I liked the fact that we weren't sure through most of the movie what the characters were likely to do. The average of 5.2 is way too low in my opinion. Anthony Hopkins is great of course, but how about Hal Holbrook's understated and as usual impressive. Alexander Ludwig's performance was a continuous surprise of excellence--surprising I suppose only because I haven't been paying enough attention to his career.

My sister told me she'd run across thing scrolling through Netflix. I watched it first, so at least one of us was spared.It's beyond me how such a piece of hot garbage has this stellar of a cast. I was optimistic just based on the cast list and had to read over other reviews after watching it because I was sure I'd missed something. Nope.Girl is being harassed by a guy who saw her where she waitresses. She turns him down, so he stalks her, like you do. Also decapitates her cat (why?). Two complete strangers join her to track him down (why?), and he's apparently ex law enforcement who just decided he'd rather be in the drug/sex trafficking trade (again...why?). They find him. They kill him. The end.The story line is so straightforward that it ends up being boring and predictable. Throw zero character development and a complete lack of onscreen chemistry between the actors into the mix, and this is easily the worst film I've seen in recent memory.

This is an excellent cast working with a slightly subpar script. All of the performances are solid. Ray Liotta is always bankable as a villain. He brings an intense edginess to bad guy roles that few actors can match. Hopkins feels a bit miscast (not the guy you expect to be working at a lumber mill), but still turns in a respectable performance. There's good chemistry between Styles and Ludwig that adds extra dimension to a script that needs it. Good cinematography, particularly outdoors. The movie uses flashbacks to fill in plot holes, and it works for the relationship between Liotta and Hopkins characters. I think the movie would have worked better if they didn't use flashbacks for the Liotta/Styles relationship; it was too recent and too important in the plot context. The flashbacks make Liotta seem more sinister and unpredictable, but the movie needed a bit more length in constructing the plot. Could have also used a bit more background for Wizard and Scotty characters. Not quite enough character development overall, and the movie felt a bit flat in that regard. Worth watching if you go in with reasonable expectations.

Although Hopkins' character got shot by what looks like a high powered rifle, he did not die, highly unlikely. The fights were not the interminable fights of movies at least. When Liotta gets shot full frontally with a 12 ga. shotgun, he dies. Too many movies drag on dying, one last hurrah, dead guy rises again etc., but this was a realistic kill.Not a lot of plot, but some beautiful NW Pacific forest views, old logging stuff, of interest.