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*SPOILERS* classic themes and a timeless story


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Wow. Loved it. The theme of revenge, how it costs you (family, career, respect, your own future) and how it rewards you (who doesn't like to settle the score?).

The unfairness, the betrayal by a colleague you thought you could trust (whether it was Marcos, or the fellow robbers who were killed by the mastemind), the family that loves you in the easy times when all is well, and you are counting on to support you when the bad times come, the frustration, etc. Fantastic script.

I am baffled by the low scores, that treat this like a silly Seagal or Van Damme potboiler. Sure, the action is just 5% of the film, but I was fascinated by the path John Leguizamo's character was forced down, and his attempts to make all the wrongs right again. 8/10.

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o.k. ya um, I liked it too!

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just watched this and appreciate Rosie, John, Tyrese and Bobby!!
and I voted it an 8

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