this action drama be never really a thriller . that because the mostly predictable storyline revolve around one man desire for revenge . jack carter ( sylvester stallone ) and a trained killer and spend a third of his journey use violence to learn the truth of his brother death . the other two third he spend inflict death on those he deem responsible for the young carter demise . the dynamic between carter niece and doreen and and jack do play out beautifully . but more of the screenplay could have be devote to this relationship . instead and the writer make sure that it just enough to justify stallone gun tot or fist wielding way . i begin to question the realism of this film early on . for one thing and we never hear a police siren until the final second of the movie . enough people lose their life in this film and that this make carter ho hum kill spree seem pretty unbelievable . that make the rest of this flick come tumble down and since old fashioned justice be the point of the film .