Columbus. Car Manufacture manager Stanley Hill (John Travolta) flies home to Ohio from a job interview. His wife gets toasted in the parking garage, in a city where we have been told, "nothing's random." After identifying the culprit in a police line up, the cops let the killer walk. Well it seems John worked as "the real ghost stuff" and has a friend (Christopher Meloni) who runs a barber shop and black ops operation in Columbus, Ohio...I guess due to the high demand. Once you can get past this and the Botox face, the film becomes a decent vigilante movie.The film is simple. The twists are so overt and so clue heavy, it is hard to even tag them as a twist. The production includes some token religious scene so we can get the title. The banter between partners provides humor. There is plenty of killing by gun fire, hand to hand, knives, and explosions.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. Solid vigilante entertainment.

This movie must have sounded great when they wrote the outline on a gin- soaked bevnap in some LA nightclub/pre-rehab center.Elements of several movie franchises are crammed into one very messy omelet of trope and cliché. My guess is that when they realized how old Travolta had gotten, there only solution was to toss Meloni into the mix. The movie has so many plot holes, continuity errors and thick headed moments your eyes will hurt from so much rolling.

Let me get to it, this film was not half bad. John Travolta is a very good actor and I feel for a direct to DVD film as this is was done exceptionally well by director Chuck Russell.The story is your typical revenge thriller formula but I think this was elevated by Chuck Russell and John.When I first seen this my expectations were low but was pleasantly surprised on how it was handled. It's very entertaining from start to finish.The action scenes are pretty good for it's budget, the writing is average at best but again, it's elevated by the director and John. The movie knows wait it is, and it knows it, the film doesn't try to be more, which is always good because I hate movies that do when they really don't.Overall a good direct to DVD action film that is fun to watch, there is just enough action scenes, one liners and thrills to keep you entertained. It passes the time.I give it a 6/10. I highly recommend it.

The formula has been Taken ... I know: I am Fun (at least that's what I think - kind of like what Travoltas character thinks). The question is, did you like the movie Taken? Also would it make sense watching that again over this? The possibility is very high that both those questions can be answered with a resounding yes.But sometimes you just want to watch something "new". And the movie does do a decent job overall. Even if you just know where this is going and even if Travolta gets a bit too heroic (especially towards the end, with a very weird and wrong slow motion shot-literally!). If you don't mind these things, you'll have fun