This movie had little to offer. We get John Cusack, which I have grown to like, especially after starring in '1408', and Jennifer Carpenter (the girl from Dexter), who is becoming the most typecast actor ever - doesn't she have anything else to offer than this sort of thing?
It's not clear whose story was told, even at the end. It's as if every character is secondary. The story is abduction/rape/torture style, cleaned up for Hollywood standards and deprived of mentionable sex and bloodshed. I couldn't feel any empathy for any of the characters. There is an end twist; it took me by surprise - which is good - but simply because it didn't make sense - which is bad...
In all, it left me empty and disappointed.
It's not clear whose story was told, even at the end. It's as if every character is secondary. The story is abduction/rape/torture style, cleaned up for Hollywood standards and deprived of mentionable sex and bloodshed. I couldn't feel any empathy for any of the characters. There is an end twist; it took me by surprise - which is good - but simply because it didn't make sense - which is bad...
In all, it left me empty and disappointed.