You'll Want A "Ticket Out" Of Seeing This One

Ticket Out (2012)

Not Rated

Starring Ray Liotta, Alexandra Breckenridge, Billy Burke, Colin Ford, Ciara Bond

Directed by Doug Lodato

The Story:

Jocelyn (Breckenridge) wants to leave her abusive husband (Burke) and take her kids (Ford & Bond) with her. She learns of an "underground railroad" that helps spouses find safety. She meets Jim (Liotta) and he tries to get her to safety, but her husband and authorities are hot on their trail!

Oh my...

This was a Lifetime movie, gone horribly awry.

Where to begin?

The acting.

I know I probably shouldn't pick on child actors, but Colin Ford's portrayal as the son is laughingly bad. I wanted to reach through the screen and slap him around. His range is nonexistent and he makes his moments of peril laugh out loud moments.

Burke and Liotta are even phoning it in, but hey, a paycheck is a paycheck.

The plot.

Well, I may have fast forwarded through the explicit proof that the husband was indeed abusive, because aside from Jocelyn claiming it, there's really no proof that there is abuse.

No, I'm not saying we need to see her getting slapped around, but you'd think it would be addressed more than it was, considering it's almost the entire impetus of the film.

It also has one of the worst confrontations ever filmed where the son shoots the father.

Which again, coupled with the bad child acting...

This movie is now playing like a bad comedy!

I think I let it play until the 30 or 40 minute mark, out of trainwreck status and to give Liotta a chance to save the film.

He couldn't.

I did fast forward to the end to see how they would resolve the whole thing.

Needless to say there was a twist!

Should I spoil it?

Why not, the movie isn't worth watching anyway.

So Liotta is an undercover agent who is trying to track down the underground railroad people.

He gets shot by the husband, allowing the wife to escape at the end.

No, seriously.

Final Grade: D