Really straightforward revenge/vigilante flick, and nothing new. The scenes with Winstone and Gibson are good, but they seem like lesser versions of the Pacino/DeNiro interactions in Heat. They do the self-aware badasses thing, and sometimes it comes across as too much. That's really my only huge complaint about the movie though (aside from the corny ending), because the last 20-30 minutes are phenomenal.

This is a generic thriller that has a somewhat interesting plot.While Mel Gibson's acting was decent his delivery and accent seemed a little odd at times.The ending is what really bothered me the most.It was your typical Hollywood ending with a emotional twist that just didn't work for me.

Mel isn't exactly the same. He's old, tired and slow, and the movie itself respects that. Campbell, intelligently, has no interest in reinventing the crime genre, but instead constructing a corporate conspiracy rather than an explosive action movie. Good choice.

Crazy Mel is entertaining enough and there's some interesting stuff here but ultimately the film decides it's easier to spin a web of predictable intrigue with cliched characters than it is to develop something worthwhile.

Gibson roots Craven in credible middle-aged fatigue as if to prove he's a truer artist than his haters claim.

The best part is 10 minutes into the movie I've stopped imagining Gibson shouting "Oksana, you fuckin' cunt! Bloooow me!". Yeah, this asshole is kinda good actor.

Okay Movie

the world is not out to get you mel. the jews are not out to get you.

"A shot that defiantly fixes on Mel Gibson's balding pate from behind is the only evidence of the volatile actor-director's famous penchant for cinematic self-flagellation here." - Ryan Stewart

I thought this was a pretty good mindless revenge flick.

More akin to Frank Miller's Sin City than Taken which was a pleasant surprise. Although nothing half original or mindbogglingly surprising happens throughout, sour ol' Mel in particular makes it worth the while.

A good example of how a solid performance by a skilled actor can propel an average movie into the realm of above-averageness. Though I swear, bad guys would have a lot more success staying inconspicuous if they wouldn't always drive black cars with tinted windows.

It's your own stupid fault what happens to you if you don't look when getting out of a car

a murky, dark, and dense conspiracy movie laced with a foundation of hard boiled detective fiction. it's hard to come across movies like this these days and i really don't see why this century has forgotten about them (aside from brick). gibson did a pretty good job and i couldn't help, but root for him the entire way.

A lot of these plot elements seem dated, so I wasn't surprised to learn it was an adaptation out of the 80s. If it wasn't for Mel Gibson losing his shit in another movie, I have a feeling this would be unwatchable. Extremely uneven writing is the largest flaw; you can really feel like they're trying to tie up loose ends that took a 6 hour series time to unfurl.