Written and Directed by Paul Haggis (Crash, In The Valley of Elah)

Starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, RZA

I really enjoyed this movie. It starts as a straight-up thriller-drama, but quickly shifts into an action-thriller in the last third. The most compelling aspect of the story is the fact that Russell Crowe’s protagonist is not ex-Special Forces or former CIA or anything, he is just a regular guy pushed into extraordinary circumstances. Liam Neeson also great in his small part as an ex-con/escape-artist who, along with youtube, helps provide some guidance to Crowe’s elaborate plot to break his (maybe wrongfully accused, maybe not) wife out of prison.

Very enjoyable. Rent or OnDemand it.