Ok so I'm not going to do an in depth analysis, but basically Ernie Hudson is good, and the DP is on the low end of average, aside from that, it's a total loss. This is not a talented director at work. There is no imagination in design of the scene, the plot is kind of ludicrous and basic, to the extent of feeling copy pasted from a million comic books. Of course they did this same setup in GOT, except it was amazing. Remember when Oberyn Martel came to Kings Landing? That's this same basic plotline. The wife, daughter, girlfriend, is brutalized in some way, usually raped and then killed, then the hero finds out, and embarks on a quest for revenge.
I would describe the scene above as "hamhanded", kind of a clumsy and basic approach to executing a simple plot structure point. Any time you have an opportunity to pass information on to the viewer, you should be thinking about the most interesting context that it could occur in. If realism calls for the conversation to take place in a living room, then that's where it should be. When you're doing a fantasy action film with an undead ICP escapee, and a pivotal part of your film takes place "next to a lamp from the store", you may be underthinking it. There are so many ways that this scene could have been memorable. The first thing that comes to mind would be having this plot reveal take place during another situation, which is entertaining in it's own right. You see this done all the time in good movies.
Imagine a scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but with this director. We need to know that Indy hates snakes, so they make a scene where Indy goes to his living room and makes a phone call. He's filmed sitting on a sofa, and calls a friend to discuss his dislike of snakes. It's now been established, but in the most banal possible way.
Anyway, there's my critique. Ernie Hudson is great, and this scene is incompetent.