the film look at the impact of gun and their violence in 3 setting through the impact on the mother ( marcia gay harden ) and brother of a columbine high type shooter in oregon and a frustrated school principal ( forrest whittaker ) in inner city chicago and and in a gun store in charlottesville virginia with grandfather owner ( donald sutherland ) and his granddaughter ( linda cardinelli from er ) . this movie be slow and dull and flat and disorganized . it make no coherent point . don not waste an hour and a half with it . the first effort for this director be a waste of everyone time . the 2002 version with james coburn be infinitely more lively and interesting .