I enjoyed this movie very much, not only for the story, but especially for Mel Gibson's very masculine portrayal of a distraught father. The film also has a very atmospheric, almost "film noir", quality to it.
Whenever I see this sort of film I always think of the Charles Bronson movies, but Gibson plays a much stronger and more realistic character here than Bronson ever played.
If I had to come up with an alternate title for this very good policier, I might go with something like, "Grief Carries a Gun." Watching this film also brings to mind Peter Finch's famous exclamation from the film "Network": "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." And for Mel Gibson's character, with good reason.
Whenever I see this sort of film I always think of the Charles Bronson movies, but Gibson plays a much stronger and more realistic character here than Bronson ever played.
If I had to come up with an alternate title for this very good policier, I might go with something like, "Grief Carries a Gun." Watching this film also brings to mind Peter Finch's famous exclamation from the film "Network": "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." And for Mel Gibson's character, with good reason.