Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

a friend came over with a copy of this movie, and we watched it together. the story is quite simple, and a little bit cliché. a former criminal gets released from prison, and wants to better his life. of course he got a child, with whom he has a broken relationship. how does this plot work? at first the story seems fine and serious enough, he wants to change and make some choices. but as soon as he gets to involved in a bank robbery, it goes down hill for the story. he gets some changes to be mature and do the right things, like in the beginning, but for some reason he does the stupidest things he can do. i think that it was the writers idea to get the story going, but it just seems so stupid and drain the movie for the seriousness, that made it interesting at the beginning. the ending hit the bottom. first of all, the children steal a bus, without consequences. oh, i guess they dropped the charges because they went after the bad guys? and the way that the police were alarmed (and how quick they arrived), really made me and my friend laugh, because it was so unintentional stupid. but despite all the stupidity, there were also a few good laughs from the comedy in this movie. how was the acting? the acting was, what you can expect from some B actors. not good, but also not that horrible. don't expect to much. what else to say? APPLE! yeah, apple must have been the main sponsor for this movie. its like a long commercial for their products. they not only mention, every single of their products several times, they also show them all the time. everybody has for example an iphone. i guess that they really needed the money from apple to make this movie, but all the product placement just seems ridiculous and cheesy. can i recommend this movie? in a way yes. if you can look beside all the stupidness, and want to watch a movie with your family, you may actually enjoy it. all in all it isn't that horrible as either a family movie or a comedy.

Of course like most WWE films it's far from good, I must say though I'm very glad at least for once we see something other than John Cena in a WWE film but The Chaparone leaves with only a good message and fails with the humour and acting.After spending 7 years in prison Ray Bradstone is finally released and has a plan to rebuild his life and reconnect with his ex-wife and teenage daughter. Through the course of 7 years Ray has been reading on better ways to control his life and become a better person, upon his release he is very convinced that everything will be OK within a blink of an eye... He couldn't be more wrong; at first his daughter rejects him and he starts to relapse on the very thing that put him in jail... robbery! When realizing what he has done he gives it his all for one last chance with his daughter, and everyone is in for the ride of a lifetime.I'll start with the acting, like I said before it was great to see a WWE film without John Cena, but somehow the cast just seems to be very dry even though they have a good reputation. Triple H is in his first starring role as Ray Bradstone and I have to say he doesn't do a half bad job you can tell he's inexperienced but still a lot better than what you would think, but his attempt at a comedic approach really doesn't click and never really comes across funny but he gave an excellent effort. Kevin Corrigan as Phillip Larue was the worst, terribly unfunny and just plain irritating. Kevin Rankin as Goldy was better than Kevin Corrigan but still pretty bad, a few funny moments but nothing memorable. Ariel Winter as Sally Bradstone was great she's an excellent actress. Yeardley Smith as Miss Miller and Enrico Colantoni as Dr. Etman were probably the best always very funny and they never had a dull moment on screen I very pleased to see them, they were probably a key factor why the movie didn't completely fail.Action sequences were pretty useless, very few of them but that's understandable sense this is a kids movie but when they were there nothing major happened Triple H just punched a few people and all ended in a predictable way. I hated how they put the camera in slow-mo and showed Triple H beating up like 5 or 6 guys at once it just looked plain dumb. There were many points where a good action sequence could have taken place but didn't or they were blown off by some lame attempt at a funny joke.The storyline was definitely the best part of the movie while it has many flaws it has a very good message that even a criminal can be a good person and turn his life around and be a great contribution to society. I loved how the story was based around a man that was very connected to his daughter when she was young and then had to build the relationship back after a few wrong turns he has taken. Although a great message and great idea for a movie it doesn't fully deliver as it appears in many parts cluttered by trying to fit to many things in at once.I'll end by saying the intentions of the movie were good but with only a couple of good actors and only the base of the storyline good we are left with an unfunny, cluttered, and dull film. If you're a fan of wrestling and the WWE and are a fan of Triple H maybe it'll be worth your while to watch it, even though I didn't like it I have no regrets about watching it.Overall Rating: **** out of ********** ** out of *****

this movie is probably my favorite movie of World Wrestling Entertainment studios. great actors, especially Ariel Winter for a 13 years old girl. Paul wasn't so bad himself, i enjoyed the plot. enjoyed the story. i think it deserves better rating than its getting because its really a great movie.8/10 cast were great, story was great. very funny too. so my thoughts is that you should watch it because a movie like this deserves views, and probably Paul will get bigger as he grows ..and now I'm typing this so i can finish of the 10 lines because i cant post this unless there are ten lines... bye

The movie is watchable if you are bored. But it is still a stinker.Acting by Triple-H was unexpectedly bad. Sorry but for a person who made a living following a script he can't act if his life depended on it. That was really horrendous acting.The young girl was pretty decent, but a poor script limited her acting. But over all, she did a good job in her role compared to (most of) the other characters. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the rest of the "junior" class .... lets say they need a better acting coach. Then again it could be just the poor quality of the script. Some of the lines were just plain stupid and made absolutely no sense.Anyway, the movie is a stinker, but watchable. Just don't expect any quality acting on the part of the main star.