The crucial part that is wrong is the flash back, no doubt about it. I thought Mark Whalberg was the perfect part to play his role, but in my opinion, he does not do a good job as an actor in any of his movies as creating empathy, he does a good job of taking an empathy creating situation and running with (4 Brothers, Italian Job, The Truth About Charlie). To take the central reason this character is acting upon and only give it to you half way to to the end is like pushing a car down a hill hoping is starts before you crash at the bottom.

All in all the movie was not Bloodrayne horrible, but it wasn't exactly Silent Hill (Hey, I liked it, sue me) good either.