[spoiler] Starts with a Major Goof

LOL! Oh man, I was so busy hating the fact that Cross started with this totally pointless flashback about how he got his magic cross, I didn't catch that. And, apparently, neither did the filmmakers.

And even if the plot hole didn't exist, I can't think of a worse way to start the film. After the (admittedly nifty) comic book prologue, we're dumped into this uncomfortably cramped shot of a father and son, sitting on the bed, I guess, and the Dad's talking about how everyday criminals "walk in the light" or something, and it's just so dreadful. Daredevil, which was by no means a great movie, handled that sort of thing much better, spending a good ten minutes in the childhood stages, showing how the kid got superpowers, and setting up the father's death, etc., etc.

With Cross.. well, it's just yet another horribly mishandled plot point. Who killed the dad? Was it the same person who killed the hero's sharpshooter girlfriend? And why were none of these deaths avenged, or really touched upon other than the hero's first-act moping?

They'd have been much better off either dropping it, or having the hero flash back later on.

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