Elite and angry CIA Agent Jimmy Silva (Mark Wahlberg), who sometimes works for CIA Handler Bishop code name: Mother (John Malkovich) must get an asset, Li Noor (Iko Uwais) from the US Embassy to the airstrip. Li holds vital information where the missing radioactive Cesium is and will only give up the code to its location when he gets to the plane. The gov't of Indocarr (fictional), a city in southeast Asia, wants this low level policeman, Li Noor, back and they do everything to hinder that 22 Mile ride to the airstrip. The Russians are involved too.
The movie opens with a raid on a Russian Safe House and small boy is also killed. Near the end, Jimmy will say the wrong boy was killed.
Off and on we see Jimmy in flashbacks give an After Action briefing as he relates the story that we see of that trip to the airstrip.
Mile 22 refers to the distance (22 miles) between the U.S. Embassy and the air strip. Maybe the title should have been the Gauntlet, but that assumes a route with no stops. Jimmy Silva and team do stop from time to time to change cars and battle the troops of the Indocarr government.
This is very violent and sometimes brutal and one can almost feel like we are there and a part of this Black Ops mission. We see a very angry Jimmy Silva who is angry at everyone. You will also see Iko Uwais as Li Noor do a very credible job ala Bruce Lee in fight mode. These are very brutal scenes. The acting all around is very good. The pacing is fast and furious (Ah, you couldn't resist)
Notables: Lauren Cohan as Alice, Agent on Silva's team; Ronda Rousey (yes, that Ronda, the MMA fighter and champion) as Sam Snow also a member of Silva's team; Terry Kinney, John Porter, CIA chief; and Peter Berg as Luke, Alice's husband and he also directed this movie.
There is a very big twist later on and this leads me to believe there will be Sequels.
And there is very big question never addressed: What happened to that radioactive Cesium?? Huh? Maybe we will know the answer in the Sequels. Hmmm.............. (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Not really. Language: Tons of it Rating: B
The movie opens with a raid on a Russian Safe House and small boy is also killed. Near the end, Jimmy will say the wrong boy was killed.
Off and on we see Jimmy in flashbacks give an After Action briefing as he relates the story that we see of that trip to the airstrip.
Mile 22 refers to the distance (22 miles) between the U.S. Embassy and the air strip. Maybe the title should have been the Gauntlet, but that assumes a route with no stops. Jimmy Silva and team do stop from time to time to change cars and battle the troops of the Indocarr government.
This is very violent and sometimes brutal and one can almost feel like we are there and a part of this Black Ops mission. We see a very angry Jimmy Silva who is angry at everyone. You will also see Iko Uwais as Li Noor do a very credible job ala Bruce Lee in fight mode. These are very brutal scenes. The acting all around is very good. The pacing is fast and furious (Ah, you couldn't resist)
Notables: Lauren Cohan as Alice, Agent on Silva's team; Ronda Rousey (yes, that Ronda, the MMA fighter and champion) as Sam Snow also a member of Silva's team; Terry Kinney, John Porter, CIA chief; and Peter Berg as Luke, Alice's husband and he also directed this movie.
There is a very big twist later on and this leads me to believe there will be Sequels.
And there is very big question never addressed: What happened to that radioactive Cesium?? Huh? Maybe we will know the answer in the Sequels. Hmmm.............. (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Not really. Language: Tons of it Rating: B