Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette, and Tony Goldwyn give outstanding performances, but they could not save the abrupt ending and need for more closure in this film. It helped that Harden, Marquette and Goldwyn were given the strongest storyline in the film. Whitaker's did not fully develop, and its big finish was lackluster and left me wanting more. The storyline between Donald Sutherland and Linda Cardellini was the most disappointing of all. There was no significant change or resolution to make the viewer feel as if the movie was really over. "American Gun" does an adequate job of arguing for stricter gun control, but there are a few major flaws to that argument that present themselves, leaving the viewer confused about what to think. Worth seeing, but don't expect to be WOWed. I'm willing to bet there are better movies out there about how guns affect American society.
Review of American Gun
