If you are looking for an action packed movie then look no further. If however, you like a little substance with your explosions, you should probably try elsewhere. Sure the plot is entertaining, but that is about all this movie has.
From a writing, or rather, dialog, stand point this movie failed horribly. In fact, in a lot of instances it was so poor that the actors could not even bring themselves to say the lines believably. The helicopter scene is a great example of this. Even though the chopper is threatening to fall from the sky as a battle ensues inside between Danny (John Cena) and Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen), I could not help but laugh at Molly’s (Ashley Scott’s) shouts from the pilot’s seat. Hardly the reaction they were going for.
Another problem was that the characters are not well rounded. Just take a look at Special Agent Aiken (Steve Harris). He doesn’t care about anything other than catching the bad guy, and is willing to overlook collateral damage in the process, until out of nowhere he has a ridiculously uncharacteristic change of heart. No one that hard melts that quickly.
And one more dig at the actors: You know how the movie is going to end because John Cena doesn’t seem to have the acting chops to have a full blown meltdown if things don’t end how his character wants them to. He can clench his jaw, keep his face as unchanging as possible, and scream like nobody’s business, but mourn? Let’s not test that…
Final Grade: C-
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