man, I almost passed this movie up, but after watching it I'm so glad I
didn't. I always saw ads for it, but I just thought 'great! another
stupid gangster movie with justin timberlake as a badass. I'll remember
to never see...
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man, I almost passed this movie up, but after watching it I'm so glad I
didn't. I always saw ads for it, but I just thought 'great! another
stupid gangster movie with justin timberlake as a badass. I'll remember
to never see this'. But then I saw many of my favorite actors in it and
I decided to give it a shot.

This movie just blows my mind. I mean, its just so real (not just
because its based on actual events), but because for one the
performances were just so strong. Some may say that it was a little
over top on them trying to be badasses. But I know people that are
exactly like that so I bought that completely.

I watched the trailer and read up on the movie but never the actual
events. I even heard somewhere that the kid does die, but watching the
movie I just didn't buy it. I mean, I figured it'd be a grade A typical
movie where regardless of how the real story ended this was going to be
happy. The kid had it good, he loved it there. Even some of the
kidnappers loved it there.

This story is a sad story for everyone involved, though. These kids
were just looking for a way out and they chose the worst way possible.
I mean, how could they possibly think it was a good idea to help them
get out of trouble by killing the kid? One of the reasons they couldn't
just let him go in the first place is because his brother knew and
would go looking for him and they worried the boy would tell. But
killing was the worst idea for one killing is just horrible and for two
all of these people have already seen them with him and they told them
that he was kidnapped. How could this movie just not blow your mind
because of that.

I actually had tears in my eyes when they killed the kid. It was so
unexpected. This is definitely a movie you should check out. The
performances were so great that if I didn't know any better I would
have thought I was actually watching a real life kidnapping and murder.
The only thing horrible about this film is that this is based on true
events.

Some say that this movie started out slow. And naturally for a movie that gives you so much insight into characters where most of them are going to die by the end of the movie I normally find it kind of boring and pointless, too. But not this one,...
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Some say that this movie started out slow. And naturally for a movie that gives you so much insight into characters where most of them are going to die by the end of the movie I normally find it kind of boring and pointless, too. But not this one, in this movie the characters were pretty entertaining and I found the events leading up to the massacre to be quite entertaining also.

There's the out of control sexual predator brother, his murderous "only when need be" older brother, a preacher that lost his faith, and two his teenagers. The only thing that really got on my nerves, though was how they tried to make the preacher man seem like he was a good guy bad ass when really all I thought it was was annoying. And then there was the plot hole of how this strip club managed to operate killing all truck drivers without none of them kicking their asses like they did in this movie and also why considering the fact that they were hauling semis why no one would go and look for them.

Other than those two things I found this movie to be great! And would recommend it to anyone!

Ehhh.. Not as good as some people say it is and not as bad as some people says it is. After I found out what this movie was about I thought "now this is my kind of movie". I went out and bought it for $10. Personally, I think it was...
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Ehhh.. Not as good as some people say it is and not as bad as some people says it is. After I found out what this movie was about I thought "now this is my kind of movie". I went out and bought it for $10. Personally, I think it was worth it.

A great storyline. I've read people's comments on here about it not being believable that this teenager is going around playing detective. But I completely bought it because for one he really loved this girl. If I loved someone and they went through all this trouble then ended up dead I would do the same thing this guy did. I don't get how people couldn't understand them when they spoke because I could. I just couldn't understand them when they talked to fast, but there are some teenagers that really do talk that way. I should know I am one.

There were a few things I didn't like about this movie, though. At the end, when Larua says that Emily didn't love Brendon it just didn't make sense to me. Cause if she didn't love him why would she go though all the trouble to talk to him and why would she keep a picture of them together in her notebook. Then, there's Brendon. I mean, if he loved Emily so much than why did he get together with Laura not that long after Emily's death.

Other then that I enjoyed the film. Most of it keeps you interested, but some parts of it you're just like "God will this never end?". You'll probably enjoy this movie more if you are around your teen years, though. But from this fellow viewer to another this movie is at least worth having a look at.

Ehhh.. Not as good as some people say it is and not as bad as some people says it is. After I found out what this movie was about I thought "now this is my kind of movie". I went out and bought it for $10. Personally, I think it was...
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Ehhh.. Not as good as some people say it is and not as bad as some people says it is. After I found out what this movie was about I thought "now this is my kind of movie". I went out and bought it for $10. Personally, I think it was worth it.

A great storyline. I've read people's comments on here about it not being believable that this teenager is going around playing detective. But I completely bought it because for one he really loved this girl. If I loved someone and they went through all this trouble then ended up dead I would do the same thing this guy did. I don't get how people couldn't understand them when they spoke because I could. I just couldn't understand them when they talked to fast, but there are some teenagers that really do talk that way. I should know I am one.

There were a few things I didn't like about this movie, though. At the end, when Larua says that Emily didn't love Brendon it just didn't make sense to me. Cause if she didn't love him why would she go though all the trouble to talk to him and why would she keep a picture of them together in her notebook. Then, there's Brendon. I mean, if he loved Emily so much than why did he get together with Laura not that long after Emily's death.

Other then that I enjoyed the film. Most of it keeps you interested, but some parts of it you're just like "God will this never end?". You'll probably enjoy this movie more if you are around your teen years, though. But from this fellow viewer to another this movie is at least worth having a look at.