the premise of this movie be a decent one and if do before in other way . there be reason why some movie go straight to video while the utter predictability and laughably clichéd scene and obvious subplots intend to lengthen the film be these reason . ray liotta intensity at the beginning should have be capitalize upon and but he lose it halfway through . the movie have all the earmark of be rewrite a it be be shot . some observation represent what purpose do it serve to have two people gun for the ray liotta character . the corrupt warden and russian mafia hit man contribute nothing to the storyline and could easily have be leave out . the avenge brother would have be enough and and be not flesh out . liotta show remorse and try to befriend and help the man he shoot and cripple and begin to live a normal life and only to have the angry brother whose life be ruin bent on revenge . now that could have be a good movie . do we really need to know the dafoe character personal life . what do this contribute . the way he tell the story of his murdered son should be show to act student a an example of bad mail it in act . he look up at me and say and i will be alright dad . and then he die . this only exist to prop up the cheesy end scene and which should never have be include . a good end would be to have liotta die and and that it . gee and the undercover guy drive around in a large dark color van . how original . and the pursuer all drive identical black sedan . not original at all . and the blood drip on the shoulder flashback scene be show far too often . get ta justify that cgi expenditure and i suppose . why be the drug take a pill . why not injection to make sure . why be the doctor allow to go into liotta cell where he could be easily attack . how be it that defoe be beat by liotta the first time and but the second time dafoe suddenly get fight skill and beat liotta to a pulp . ah and there be plenty more to pick at and but to save time and stay away from this one .