. It wants to infuse the genre with street savvy and true urban grit, but ends up only delivering some decent action sequences. The rest of the film is a free for all of stereotypes, cliches, and cardboard cut-out scripting. Clearly, director John Luessenhop believes in the power of slo-mo, the shaky cam, frantic editing, and lots of stylized lighting and compositions. But when it comes to getting us to care about his characters, he's as effective as an impressionist required to paint photo-realistic portraits.