Goyer told Callum he'd offer him a better role in a couple of years.
Based on that, I expected Callum's part to be much better than it was, but there's only a few scenes (interviewing Annie's friend in the garage, for one) that he's really allowed to have much more of a personality than just "concerned cop".
If there'd been more than just some tiny hints very late in the movie that Callum's character had a history with Annie, the movie would've been about how he wanted to save both kids, which would've given the movie and the characters a depth they were sorely lacking.
A lot of good actors and good ideas got thrown into a pot and nothing came out.
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Based on that, I expected Callum's part to be much better than it was, but there's only a few scenes (interviewing Annie's friend in the garage, for one) that he's really allowed to have much more of a personality than just "concerned cop".
If there'd been more than just some tiny hints very late in the movie that Callum's character had a history with Annie, the movie would've been about how he wanted to save both kids, which would've given the movie and the characters a depth they were sorely lacking.
A lot of good actors and good ideas got thrown into a pot and nothing came out.