Summaries

When architect Thomas Archer's happy and successful life is all but ruined following a horrific murderous attack he is presented with a perfect, illicit opportunity to exact physical revenge, even murder, upon the man accused of causing all his grief. This opportunity, however, comes with a discovery, a price tag and a danger he never anticipated. Who will survive ?—StefanMacz

The family man Thomas Archer is successful at work and happily married with his beloved wife Sarah Archer and they have an adorable boy. When a burglar kills his son and the babysitter and beats Sarah, Thomas fights the killer and glances at a tattoo on his wrist; however the killer escapes and the lives of Thomas and Sarah are destroyed. Neither Sarah nor Thomas recover from their loss and when the detective informs that the case will be closed due to lack of clues, budget and manpower to proceed, Thomas is forced to go on therapy with the psychiatrist Dr. Heller. Three months later, Thomas has no psychological improvement and Dr. Heller offers an expensive alternative method to resolve his trauma: Thomas should pay US$ 500,000.00 to a secret group of vigilantes that would deliver the criminal to him and he could revenge upon the man that ruined his family. Thomas accepts the deal and is summoned to an abandoned facility monitored by cameras where he meets a gagged man tied up to a chair in a room with instruments of torture. Thomas tortures the man that should be the wanted killer but out of the blue, he finds that the man does not have the tattoo on the wrist. He calls Dr. Heller to explain the mistake but the doctor tells that the only way to leave the room is killing the man that is a scum. But Thomas does not accept the offer and teams up with the man. Will they succeed to flee from the place?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • murder
  • shot in the head
  • death
  • man tied up
  • grief
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
Release date Jul 22, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations 777 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Havenwood Media Turkey Ranch Productions Already Dead

Box office

Budget $2500000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

A happy and successful family man is lured down the destructive path of revenge after his son is killed and his wife brutalized in a vicious home invasion. Thomas Archer (Ron Eldard) had it all, a successful career as a senior associate at a prominent architectural firm, a beautiful wife, and a wonderful child. Just when it seemed that things couldn't get any better for Thomas, however, his life was suddenly transformed into a waking nightmare. One night, a violent criminal breaks into Thomas' home, attacking his wife and senselessly murdering his innocent young son. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Thomas implores the police for help in catching the criminals while attempting to pick up the pieces of his broken life by visiting a highly respected therapist (Christopher Plummer). When local law enforcement fails to turn up any leads, Thomas' therapist suggests that the vengeful father contact a mysterious group with the resources to ferret out his son's killer and let the father exact the any kind of justice that he sees fit. His marriage failing, Thomas decides to take his therapist up on the offer, sending the lives of everyone involved down a dark path from which there is no escape, and no return.

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