Don't get on this train

I can understand why Anniston wanted to do this role, since she -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- gets to play majorly against type (as the supposedly 'nice' girl who's really - oh no! - part of the scam), SPOILER END -=- but I'm at a loss to figure out what Clive Owen is doing in this sub-par, unoriginal, ugly and overly violent excuse for a thriller.

It's obvious from the get-go (as so many other reviewers have stated) that Anniston's character is not a victim in the scenario - the second she shows up, we know this, if we've been paying attention to the countless 'femme fatale' movies that have been made prior to this one ~ she's the bait, and Owen's character is going to be sorry he met her, big-time. I can tolerate an obvious set up, if the story from then on is at least played out with some panache, but no such luck here; it's just one cringingly vile scene after the other, with the payoff -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- being that Owen gets to have his revenge against the bad guy TWICE. Whooptie Doo. -=- SPOILER END.

And plot holes? Fuggedaboudit. One after the other, blatantly stupid stuff, not even worth discussing here. The title works, though, as a commentary on the screenplay, which most definitely veers way off track.