This movie gets worse with every passing minute. I was really excited to see John Lithgow playing a villain, and some guy named Denzel was in it too. The main problem with this film is that it tries too hard to establish Denzel as good and Lithgow as evil, and both end up as simply unlikeable characters.
Lithgow is so evil that there's nothing to sympathize with. He kills without remorse, gets in with the Aryan brotherhood, and while diabolical, he isn't even that smart. His plots are simplistic, and only work because everyone else is pretty dense too.
Washington is so good that there's nothing to sympathize with. His only flaw is a righteous cockiness, which he earns by having never done anything wrong in his life. Normally, when we see this sort of character in a movie, at some point he has to make a choice between the lesser of two evils and do something commonly perceived as "wrong." Not the case here. Any "wrong" he does is beyond his control.
As for the ending, you've seen it a million times in different movies. So don't hold your breath.
Lithgow is so evil that there's nothing to sympathize with. He kills without remorse, gets in with the Aryan brotherhood, and while diabolical, he isn't even that smart. His plots are simplistic, and only work because everyone else is pretty dense too.
Washington is so good that there's nothing to sympathize with. His only flaw is a righteous cockiness, which he earns by having never done anything wrong in his life. Normally, when we see this sort of character in a movie, at some point he has to make a choice between the lesser of two evils and do something commonly perceived as "wrong." Not the case here. Any "wrong" he does is beyond his control.
As for the ending, you've seen it a million times in different movies. So don't hold your breath.