If you read the Amazon editorial review you get the whole movie, including the "twist" you had already figured out. If you watch the film for Luke Hemsworth, he gets killed in the second scene and only appears in flashbacks. When Detective Jason (Hemsworth) is shot and killed, Detective Robbie Green (Jonathan LaPaglia) and his partner Jane (Viva Bianca) are on the trail.

The film implies that Robbie and Jane were once an item to the dismay of his family. Robbie also likes his drink which he sips on all day while working. We know who the killers are in the film and why they are doing it. In fact they documented their deeds and made sure the cops got a thumb drive. Rachel (Hanna Mangan Lawrence) who has terminal cancer along with her mentally ill boyfriend AJ (Alex Williams) are on a killing spree, getting everyone who was involved in Rachel's sister hit and run death.

This is not the best vigilante film out there, nor is it exciting crime drama...yet at the same time it isn't bad. You knew where the film was headed and I was hoping they would come up with a different ending...something with a clever twist from some useless piece of information I missed...but they didn't.

The film uses Bible quotes in the killings, but not Samuel L. Jackson quality. In spite of what the film claims, Romans is in the New Testament, not Old. An okay rental if you're bored.

Parental Guide: Occasional F-bomb. Sex. No nudity.

Good cinematography. Horrible everything else. This Australian movie is an embarrassment to the nation.

It contains a bunch of idiotic mistakes that should have been picked up long before the final edit.

Examples:

* the biblical book of Romans is referred to as part of the Old Testament (it's actually in the New Testament)

* Romans 13:4 is misquoted (they simply made up a bogus quote which has nothing to do with the original text)

* Numbers 35:19 is quoted, but they arbitrarily change 'he' to 'she' and incorrectly reference the quote as Numbers 35:19-21

Herp derp, herpty derp. And so on, and so forth.

I rate The Reckoning at 13.32 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as an dreadful 4/10 on IMDb.

I was about to let my attention wander with this movie, when it took an interesting turn.

It had my full attention from then on, and while not a world beater, I quite enjoyed it.

Made a change from over-the-top clichéd rubbish, and put a new turn on the almost exhausted found-footage genre, which I hope will take a long rest very soon.

This not a found footage film per se, but uses the style to clever use to keep our Detectives on the hunt and guessing, as does the viewer.

I liked also the intelligent denouement and completion of the storyline, except for one section, which still needs work in most films.

More attention should be paid to this critical part of any film (budding film makers TAKE NOTE), as it can often snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, leaving the viewer appalled at a "cheapskate" way out of a corner the writers have painted themselves into. Reference American Gigolo as an example of a poor and rushed ending that spoiled an otherwise very good film.

A little more use of the Australian scenery would have added a more Aussie feel to the picture, which has somewhat of a generic feel (could have happened anywhere) but overall the dark subject matter was handled quite well with deep moods and lighting to match, not too dark and still able to hear every spoken word.

Nice one John Soto, more please.....