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Nick Hume (KEVIN BACON) is an Everyman with a stable, comfortable life. He goes to work every day at his middle-management job at an insurance company. He goes home every night to his beautiful wife, Helen (KELLY PRESTON), and his two teenage sons, Brendan (STUART LAFFERTY) and Lucas (JORDAN GARRETT).
The Humes are a middle-class family who are the epitome of suburban bliss. And Nick is content. He pitches in with chores around the house. He relishes the intimacy he shares with Helen. She is his confidant and equal. And he is very involved in his boys' lives. Brendan, the eldest son, is confident and headstrong. He is popular, he is an athlete and he is on his way to college to begin a promising life of his own. Lucas looks up to his brother, but is cognizant of the shadow Brendan casts. Lucas still hasn't found himself, and he feels a little left out because of the adoration given to Brendan. All in all, the Humes are a typical all-American family -- morally upright and humble.
And then one day, their perfect life comes to a screeching halt. One night when Nick is driving Brendan home from a hockey game, he stops for gas. While he is filling up the tank on the family car, Brendan goes inside to get a drink. Moments later, a gang of thugs enter the store in ski masks, armed with various weapons. But it is not your typical convenience store robbery: this is a rite of passage for Joe Darley (MATTHEW O'LEARY), the younger brother of Billy Darley (GARRETT HEDLUND), the ruthless street leader of the gang. After terrorizing and killing the store clerk, they turn their attention to Brendan.
It is at that moment when Nick turns from the pump and looks inside the store, only to witness Joe deliver the fateful blow that ends all of the promise of Brendan's future, and leaves him lying in a pool of blood as the gang begins to flee. But when Nick runs to help his son, he clashes with Joe and they fall to the ground. Joe is unmasked, and his own future marked.
Joe is arrested, but despite assurances from the lead investigator, Detective Wallis (AISHA TYLER), the system ultimately fails the Humes and Joe is put back on the street. Driven by a heightened sense of justice and keen grief, Nick takes matters into his own hands by seeking out his son's killer. In his confrontation with Joe, Nick finds himself at the mercy of his emotions and ultimately kills him. Unsure what to do, Nick runs back to the life that has always been his shelter: his wife, his surviving son and his job.
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from 20th Century Fox
Directed by
James Wan
Starring
Kevin Bacon (Nicholas "Nick" Hume)
John Goodman (Bones Darly)
Kelly Preston (Helen Hume)
Garrett Hedlund (Billy Darly)
Aisha Tyler (Detective Wallis)
Matt O'Leary (Joe Darly)
Leigh Whannell (Spink)
Stuart Lafferty (Brendan Hume)
Yorgo Constantine (Michael Behring)
Zachary Dylan Smith (Young Brendan Hume)
Edi Gathegi (Bodie)
Jordan Garrett (Lucas Hume)
Hector Atreyu Ruiz (Heco)
Elizabeth Keener (Amy)
Kanin J. Howell (Baggy)
Coby Jennings (Henning)
Mark Jeffrey Miller (Funeral Parlor Clerk)
Desiree Markella (Bus Girl)
Juan-Carlos Guzman (Sammy)
David Michie (Dawg (voice))
Rich Ceraulo (Owen)
Jay Amor (Dock Rat)
Casey Pieretti (Dog)
Bruce Williamson (Homeless man)
Freddy Bouciegues (Tommy)
Aqeel Hasan (ER Doctor)
Susan Crosby (Business Woman)
Nick Battiste (Cop #2)
Jim Keisler (Courtroom Observer)
Zachary Gurley (Hockey Fan)
Bob Harter (Mr. Perle)
Cydnee Taylor (Baggy's Sister)
Kylene Young (Heco's Girlfriend)
Robert Cannon (Driver)
Jacob Sharpe (Police Officer)
Kristin Cobb (ER Nurse)
Craig S. Harper (ER Orderly)
Ernest Rogers Sr. (Bank Customer)
Written by
Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Brian Garfield (novel)
Rated: 
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