OK, I admit that the only thing that led me to this movie was seeing the words "Dominic Purcell". Knowing how phwoar! he looks I thought I'd give it a whirl. You see a lot of him in the movie (well most of him actually in the early scenes) so in that respect it was a very satisfying experience.However the continuity must have been checked by an underpaid short-sighted person with short term memory loss and a paper bag over his head. When the gun-toting murderous brother kidnaps the 'hero' what is that random sticking plaster on Lew's arm all about? Not to mention the visible/invisible shirt. The continuity diverted my attention from the unlikeliness of some of the plot twists, or was that the whole idea? Anyway I kinda liked the end. Throughout the movie people are constantly physically assaulting Lew, (even the girlfriend) but he never offers violence back, and at one point he apologises for raising his voice to her. Frankly I'd have given her a slap for some of the things she does, and I'm a woman. I guess the lack of violence on his part is a deliberate movie plot issue.So hip hooray for him getting a break and us getting another topless moment from Mr Purcell at the end, although up till the credits I was expecting her to screw him over on the money front. And another cheer for both genders getting their kit off, and not just the females.

"The participation of Gina Gershon is minimum, basically to give her name to the credits." No offense Ms. Gershon, but DUDE from Brazil obviously must be a big fan of yours, "Watch out" - I had to actually "IMDB" Gina, b/c I could not place her in anything. I came to this movie b/c I saw that Ali Larter produced - 'VERY HOT LADY' if you are reading this Ali 'Just one date, please?!!' I did see that Dwight Yoakum is in this movie and I may just rent it since it also sounds good. The ten line minimum must be done away with, it is really annoying. Please do not block my account!!!!! I'm seriously not trying to pad my comment, its just that I feel that 1000 words and/or 10 lines is way too much.

This really didn't seem to be a "soft porn parody" to me. In fact I didn't think the movie was bad at all. It had many twists, and I doubt anyone could have foreseen the ending. Not only was Dwight Yokam his "creepy self" (he also give a good performance in the "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" starring Tommy Lee Jones) but was a real plus to the movie. He gets better with every role. Even though Gina Gershon is only in the movie for a few moments the plot does revolve around her. And really how much screen time should a hostage get? The real flaw is that the ending really isn't fully explained, I had to back the DVR up and listen to the dialog closely. Although it could be due to the fact I watched it at 2:00 a.m.

1st watched 5/29/2006 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Scott Ziehl): So-so straight to video story about blackmailers being blackmailed by a man who overhears their plot to kill the man's current wife and receive the inheritance. The man who overhears the plot is played by Dominic Purcell as Lew, who just happens to have a checkered past himself and is looking for a way to disappear and thinks he's found it. Other characters enter the story including the brother of someone that the main character supposedly killed and is played by Dwight Youkim and the wife who is supposed to be ofted, played by Gina Gershon. These two more well known names have smaller parts but the DVD box tries to sell them as stars in the movie. Joy Bryant has a bigger role as Lew's girlfriend and partner in his scheme and does a good job in her character. The problem with the movie is that the story doesn't keep your interest and Purcell doesn't do a very good job of carrying the movie. He plays his part half-heartedly and the movie moves along at the same speed making for a very, as I said before, so-so movie.