Says a lot when I'm rooting for Matthew Fox in the end fight...

I was rooting for this film. A popular James Patterson novel series, Tyler Perry in a serious role. But, it didn't work. The acting was jagged, the characters undeveloped, the story unbelievable. In an era of great TV thrillers, movies like this have to pull up their socks. I give this film a 4 (poor) out of 10. Sorry, Tyler.

I'm sorry I wasted two hours on this drivel. The plot is inane, half an hour in it comes apart completely. After the stupid pseudo-tech babble, they top things off with [spoiler]that drawing clue nonsense and ridiculous building infiltration[/spoiler]. The entire film just strings together bits, lines, and tropes from other movies, except they don't make sense in the new context. Most of the acting is terrible, too. The only convincing ones were Alex's mother and the children. And, of course, Giancarlo Esposito, who is always awesome. I was especially disappointed in the performances of Matthew Fox and Jean Reno, who I usually find more convincing. This is all topped off with poor visual effects, and a jarring amount of product placement for Chevrolet and Cadillac, down to playing songs with Cadillac in the lyrics. Good grief.

Tyler Perry has improved in serious roles since this movie. He was still miscast though.

Tyler Perry is a worse actor than he is a writer and director, and that's saying something!