To be honest I'm starting to feel like imdb, which used to be a kind of a quality stamp thingy, is no longer doing what it should. I use it a lot when browsing on netflix. I've been watching a lot of Whalberg films lately and saw the title "Mile 22" while browsing and decided to watch it without checking with imdb for rating. And by God am I glad I did.. I would have never watched it if I knew imdb rated it 6.1.
This film does what it's supposed to. It's decent action and some of the action scenes are extremely well made!
A lot of people are whining about shaky cam, I actually think it's a quite cool effect, in the heat of battle. It makes the scene more realistic. Or are we supposed to be able to follow every single move perfectly.. matrix-style?
The characters are great, there is no deep dive into their lives just flash backs and some history. Many people here gave the film criticism for this. I mean the characters are grown people who have decided to let go of happy lives with their families to do America's dirty business. We don't need any teary-eyed backgrounds and we don't get any. They're hyper practical and efficient agents doing their job. I'm so grateful that there are no long sob-stories or whalberg giving encouraging speeches to Alice, she chose her life and he chose his, and so many in the team die, and they were all prepared for that.
Oh and btw, I really enjoyed whalberg in this film! Funny and terrifying at the same time!
It's a 7 for me! These kinds of films are not reching for oscars, they're stand alone action films with understandable and quite easy to follow plots. And we should rate them as such.
These kinds of films are not trying to be something they're not, so let's not expect that from them..
This film does what it's supposed to. It's decent action and some of the action scenes are extremely well made!
A lot of people are whining about shaky cam, I actually think it's a quite cool effect, in the heat of battle. It makes the scene more realistic. Or are we supposed to be able to follow every single move perfectly.. matrix-style?
The characters are great, there is no deep dive into their lives just flash backs and some history. Many people here gave the film criticism for this. I mean the characters are grown people who have decided to let go of happy lives with their families to do America's dirty business. We don't need any teary-eyed backgrounds and we don't get any. They're hyper practical and efficient agents doing their job. I'm so grateful that there are no long sob-stories or whalberg giving encouraging speeches to Alice, she chose her life and he chose his, and so many in the team die, and they were all prepared for that.
Oh and btw, I really enjoyed whalberg in this film! Funny and terrifying at the same time!
It's a 7 for me! These kinds of films are not reching for oscars, they're stand alone action films with understandable and quite easy to follow plots. And we should rate them as such.
These kinds of films are not trying to be something they're not, so let's not expect that from them..