So Obvious...and bad

This was an exciting film and it proves what a diverse actor both Gerard and Pierce are. I doubt you guessed the twist of the ending. Once you have seen the movie you could say that in hindsight. It was tense, and well directed and I was totally blown away by the story and the exciting moments. Why it went straight to video is beyond me....3 top stars alone should make you release it...it is so much better than 90% of the crap that people pay to see today.

I agree that it was both obvious and bad.

What a bummer, too - because the preview was great! I saw the preview while watching another DVD a couple weeks ago and went whoa, why haven't I heard of this movie before? I Netflixed it right away, and I'm disappointed with how predictable, hollow and poorly acted it was (Maria Bello is usually way better).

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As soon as Abby was on the phone with her hubby's secretary and was talking super sweetly to her, saying she "had some big plans for him," I knew it was Abby's plan all along.

i think it was a pretty good movie

8/10

I wouldn't say it was a horrible movie, but various plot points I had figured out really early on.

1) that he was having an affair with the secretary
2) that the kid never left home. I think I was convinced of this when they found his cellphone and got the number to the hotel. It was completely obvious that it was a setup.
3) that his wife was in on it. I figured this for certain in the hotel room when he was making her strip because we already knew Brosnon's character wasnt an evil person and only acting because of how cool he was with his kid. But my very first suspicion came when they both went into the bank and she asked "Is that all of it?"

The only thing I didn't figure out was that Brosnon's character was the husband of the secretary and that's because he seemed too much like a pro. This could have been a better movie had they made him seem slightly more amateurish. As it is, it seemed like she had just hired him rather than this being a dual powered revenge flick. Actually, this could have been a better movie with lesser known actors in the 3 major roles.

But beyond this, this movie seemed like it was designed to be a vehicle for Butler to act a wide range of emotions to counter balance his role in 300. This is one of my big beefs with Hollywood. Too often they just want to make manufacture big stars rather than great movies.

I thought this was a pretty good movie. I watched in on "On Demand" one night when I couldn't sleep and it was not bad. I figured out in the first scene with the secretary that Gerard Butler was having an affair with her or they were at least going through the effort to make you think he was having an affair with her. About halfway through the movie, I kind of had a feeling that it wasn't your typical kidnapping. Pierce Brosnan was directing his anger more towards Gerard Butler than Maria Bello and what idiot would set over $100K on fire anyway?!? I knew the babysitter wasn't in on it, but Pierce Brosnan was making it seem that way. I really did like the ending, though. She wanted to make absolutely sure he knew that she knew and she wasn't going to take it anymore. At the end, he knew he was at her mercy.

totally agree. i saw the plot unfolding when brosnan was talkin about them doing everything he wants. the only thing i didnt know was that brosnan was the husband.