Writing's a fight and this boy needs a battle
Ex-cop, and now an ex-convict, puts the world to rights, battling dirty cops and corruption like a superhero. He’s a kind of blue collar Batman, with a smart mouth, a thick head, fast fists, and a schoolboy morality. There’s a strange kind of purity in its desire to entertain.
This is a proper piece of unhinged, don’t know which way is up, thriller. Peter Berg really knows how to make androgynous macho films. The women have balls as big as the men. Oh, and Mark Wahlberg is great as the elastic band snapping, fast talking, manic, get the job done, hero. Not complicated, but fun to watch.
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