By the numbers thriller about a divorced boat builder (John Travolta), who's son (Matthew O'Leary) ends up living with a murderous stepfather (Vince Vaughn). The storyline never steps outside of the evil stepfather formula, and there's nothing particularly clever in the script or the direction. Travolta delivers a good performance, but Vaughn isn't particularly effective and O'Leary is downright unlikable as the child protagonist. Some moderately entertaining scenes, but overall it's just tedious.