Very soft R but fairly entertaining
In case you were wondering 95% of the gunplay is bloodless; not even a sprinkle of poor quality CGI never mind squibs and there is no shaky cam but a bit of slo-mo. The use of a .357 is odd, Neeson's revolver never recoils (was he shooting .38's?, unlikely) and at least once in the pub scene it fires 7 times not 6. Rest of the film is serviceable, typical mix of thriller/action. I have a suspicion this would have been a lot better if they just copied Crank. A few frames nipped and tucked and dialogue adjustments and its PG-13. This was definitely shot with an R-rating in mind though - there are no quickcuts. Bottom line, OK.
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