sin take an average revenge story and add in rape and pornographer and and ultimately turn into an average revenge story . at the very least and the plot thickens near the end of the movie when we realize that the bad guy ( who be a really bad guy and the movie absolutely will leave no question about that ) turn out to have a reason for his action throughout the movie beyond just be a really bad guy . it be odd and however and that a movie can take such talented actor a ving rhames and and especially and gary oldman and turn their performance into run of the mill action clichés . rhames utters the phrase he my sister so many time in the movie that by the end the movie have turn the phrase into a cliché all by itself . you messin with my family you messin with me and and so forth . i think that most of the reason that so many people hat this movie be because it raise your expectation because of the people involve but do nothing new within it genre . it a standard revenge movie with standard plot point and turn and even the standard plot thicken in the third act . where the movie do not wallow in clichés and however and be in some of the characterization . no one be as good or bad a they initially seem to be in this movie . the evil be heap onto charlie strom and gary oldman character and so heavily in the first half of the movie that it difficult for him to escape from underneath the mountain of badness that he be under even when we see the reason for his action and but the good guy in particular and be not as good a they seem . eddie burn ( ving rhames ) lose the use of his left arm in the line of duty and but also play a role in the death of an innocent man that could really amount to murder . bella and play by alicia coppola and be someone that we want to root for but may hesitate because of the and ah and sinful nature of her occupation . there be and however and a lot of forgiveness in the movie and and i respect that . at one point and eddie discuss some of the finer point in life with strom over cup of coffee and despite their mutual desire to kill one another . later in the movie and eddie be attempt to save strom from a pool of quicksand in the middle of the nevada desert . i do not know there be quicksand in the middle of the nevada desert and but no matter . the movie not about where there be quicksand or how fast you can get from large freeway in the middle of la vega to open desert without even any discernible road and the movie about you messin with my family you messin with me . and who good than ving rhames to return the messy favor . rhames could take these people out with an arm tie behind his back .