A polemic in search of a plot.

"What John does is heroic, but we don't condone it," one of the film's stars recently said, a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture's moral schizophrenia.

Doesn't so much need a heart as a brain transplant.

...Washington offers up a consistently spellbinding turn that goes a long way towards smoothing over the narrative’s bumps and lulls...