Great Cast, what happened? Spoiler alert

I can't quite put my finger on what was wrong with this movie. What great potential, I mean, Kevin Spacy, Morgan Freeman, come on. I was very surprised will LL Cool J. I thing he did a great job. Justin did alright as well, it's hard for people to get past the Pop prince veil, so he's going into the project with points against him, but I think he's got potential. I think what may have been the problem was the initial crime. It seemed like such a small crime, a drug guy gets popped, and it's enough to take down the whole FRAT program? And it's all set off by a "Thank You" in the court room? That just seemed too weak to me. Maybe it's just me though. Did this go to the theater? If so I never saw any trailers or TV spots.