lots of people get their necks stretched in "Hangman", but the story and characters don't hang together at all. So the real mystery is why so little thought was put into this film
if "Hangman" were just a tad less formulaic, and settled for a slightly smaller body count, it might pass muster as the pilot movie for a basic cable police procedural
despite his extensive action movie experience, director Johnny Martin fails to invest the violence with much suspense. He also doesn't elicit the best work from his performers