This movie was not meant for me.
1. It’s just plain cruel. I’m not a big fan of unnecessary cruelty. I’m not a big fan of cruelty, period. This is a movie with a bad man who captures, tortures, and kills people, broadcasting it live over the internet. Yeah, that sucks.
2. There are 14,893 technical errors in this movie. These almost distracted me from the cruelty. Almost. I don’t know whether to advise just ignoring everything that is even remotely technical, or trying to point out the problems. Probably the former — it’d take years if i tried to do the latter.
Diane Lane plays an FBI cyber-sleuth who gets involved with tracking down this cruel killer, who operates in her own hometown. He kills a few before they figure out who he is, and when the police zero in on him he goes after Lane and her partners. The partner (Colin Hanks), of course, dies, and she nearly does.
Really, that’s about it for story and plot. Not very deep, not very complicated. It’s unfortunate that they give away the identity of the killer so early, if by nothing other than showing his face. They could have added more by suggesting it was someone from the office. Wouldn’t have mattered much, of course, but still, it would have made it a hair better.
Don’t buy this movie on DVD. Skip it if it’s at the library. If it’s showing on your flight, read the airline magazine. It’s still better than Bangkok Dangerous, by a mile.
