I watched this movie last night on DVD. I had wanted to see it in the theatres, but got busy and missed my opportunity. Before seeing the movie, I didn't have much of an impression, as I had only seen one preview, that of a mild mannered man working in a small diner type restaurant, who is faced with unavoidable violence, and comes out on top.
Now that I saw the movie, all 96 minutes of it, I am left with the impression, that they could have rolled an extra 5 minutes to actually give this movie an ending.
( warning the following section reveals parts of the movie )
The movie starts out pretty good, and then builds up some suspense, while leaving nothing to the imagination ( from the sex scenes, the drugs, or the bloody violence ). But at the end when all the bad guys are blown to pieces, he just walks back into his house, stands there for a while. His daughter, after a few awkward moments, sets him a place at the table. He takes a seat, and then yet again another awkward silence, his son offers him, what looks to be meatloaf, without anything being said. The whole time you are expecting either someone to say, leave, or to welcome him home, but nothing. The clincher, after what seems like an eternity, he and his wife lock eyes, and the movie ends.
(end revealing section)
It wasn't a bad movie, but I must say I was left wanting.
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