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I will say that this is a quaint effort from B.J. Davis and crew, and in his defense, Brandon Lee is the best thing in this film, even if he is overacting here and there. The film does suck quite a bit, and some may be entertained by these type of "so-bad-they're-good" type films...but not me. Ernest Borgnine just looks lost, like he really needed the paycheck or was called in to do a very big favor for someone. The plot, script, acting and production design blow big balls. I'd say skip it unless you're a Brandon Lee completist.

Robin Williams plays a "Cutter" in this film, and his character, Alan Hakman (Get it? Hack-Man...gag), is much like his character in "One Hour Photo" - morose, sad and tormented. But "One Hour Photo" is a much better film than this one. I feel like I watched half of a movie after viewing this, because so much seems to have been left out, such as character motivation, character background, character development, and any sort of resolution of questions brought up earlier in the film. For instance, we never REALLY learn why the lawyer was such a loathsome father (we are left to assume he was a child abuser or sex offender). It seems to me that Omar Naim, for writing and directing this, his first feature, got VERY lucky with the cast and crew he managed to assemble. That's the biggest question I'M left with after watching this mess - how the hell do he do THAT with THIS SCRIPT?!?