“Ticket Out” (** out of four) was a muddled Redbox melodrama about a single parent (Alexandra Breckinridge) who assaults her children’s abusive father (Billy Burke) in self-defense but is forced to take it on the run and seek refuge with an underground adversary (Ray Liotta) who offers her help. Passable beginning soon subsides as plot twists become ridiculous and Liotta’s character motivations remain murky. Final showdown is especially dumb. Good performances all around but perhaps they should have found their own “ticket out” to a better screenplay.

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