I can best explain this movie like this: This movie felt like someone watched scenes in a bunch of other (good) cop/bad guy/bank heist/action movies and wanted to recreate all of those clichéd scenes.......and then since they had all these random scenes filmed they decided to just put them all together and call it a movie. This movie. A very bad movie with a sub-par plot, lazy script, meh dialogue, and a poor attempt at making it "smart" by bringing up the chaos theory (which based on how they describe what the chaos theory is, none of it really even happens in this movie).If you like bad movies, this ones worth a watch.

This is proof once again that you should not believe every review from the professional movie critics. This is another good Jason Statham movie that is worth watching for its interesting plot development, twists and characters. You really connect with some of the characters in the movie and their motives which all appear realistic. This is not just another shoot em up police flick that Hollywood keeps churning out where the good guy always wins in the end when the upbeat music comes on. I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good action flick which does not depend on an entirely predictable plot line with a one track focus on a single Bruce Willis like hero to head the cast list.

This is one of the movies you have to follow closely, popping into kitchen or toilet could impair your understanding what is really going on, and if/how the different events are connected. The distinction of good/bad guys obtains another meaning and even if you realize that something is happening inside the police, it is not easy to find out who and why... That is why I liked the movie in spite of lots of clichés (especially during chases) and non-top-class actors (e.g. Jason Statham is not bad, but he is still no Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson). Ryan Phillipe and Wesley Snipes were surprisingly good, their characters were realistic and elaborated. Well, in fact, it turned out, that everything was planned... And as mistakes were basic, so the ending is logical. Recommendable to those fond of mind-twisting during the course of a move.

... But not so much really. Guess that's why I had never heard of it before I saw it listed in the satellite guide. Snipes and Statham, should be reasonably good, but the plot, dialog, and plot devices were just painful. After the setup and opening scenes, we are at a bank robbery hostage situation; the bank blows up, and all the hostages and robbers escape in the confusion. I mean explosions that blow the facade off a building almost never hurt the people inside, right? And then when the police were staking out the bad guys, and one of the police officers' pager goes off causes a shoot out; I almost deleted the recording right then and there. Also, Phillippe really can't pull off the smart / tough cop character he is trying to play.Thecnically the film looked good, and there were a couple of interesting plot twists in the second half that surprised me, but the poor dialog and improbable plot devices just over powered what little good was in the movie. It might be good enough to keep teenage boys entertained for two hours.