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I didn't even know that this film is a remake of a few years old piece made by the same director. And I don't even know if I want to see the original, because it seems like a huge nonsense to watch the same story again, with different actors and the same plot. Anyway, it seems like I chose the worse option, even with more familiar actors. Now the question is, whether good actors necessarily mean a good film experience and here I would definitely doubt it for the first half hour. The first half hour was so boring that I thought I would turn off the movie. But then the whole point of the film appeared and immediately the film took a different course, much more thrilling and interesting. I admit that such a jump shocked me for a moment. Anyway, at that moment it started to be interesting and remained so until the very end. I'm surprised that no one shat their pants during the Russian roulette. I would have... more than once. (06/13/2012)

A decent thriller with a good cast in supporting roles. Russian roulette is quite a tough subject, but I was disappointed that we don't see much blood and heads being shot, which is a big minus for me, as the film is quite predictable and lacks excitement. The cheaper visuals bothered me in places, but it was good for entertainment. Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and the crazy Michael Shannon were good. 60%. (04/27/2016)