As i watched the trailer for this, i got some John Wick vibes where one retired guy is brough out of action and go on a wrecking trip against tons of bad guys. Turn out the movie is inspired a bit more by James Bond with the spy stuff while still retaining a bit of the John Wick vibes in some fights. Yet it does not get close to either of them in term of how good it is, while not being a terrible movie either.
The story while not anything special is decent enough to keep you interested, with some twists and turns along the way. Aaron Eckart (Vaile) and Nina Dobrev (Kate) have good chemistry and work well together.
When it comes to the action, you can sense they made efforts to put something visually fun, while at the same time hiding the fact that Eckhart is no Jason Statham or Scott Adkins. Basically stylish camera work and slowmos, more grounded type of fights. Overall that worked fine with me.
You do have to suspend your disbeliefs a bit much in some parts but its an action movie, that is something rather usual. That said, there was a few times i wonder if Vaile was not actually a Terminator or something, because it was pushing the "suspend your disbeliefs" concept a bit far.
I watched this movie in its original english language. As a French Canadian native i usually watch my movies dubbed in French but ocasionally watch stuff in english as well and normally i don't have much problem but there was some parts in this i really had trouble understanding what was said, especially from Aaron Eckhart.
I did read from another reviewer mentioning bad sound mixing. So its either that, Eckhart mumbling his lines a bit too much, or maybe its just me.
Overall this is one of those action movies that did its job. It entertained me for +/- 2 hours with a few beers, i wasn't bored, but its not one i will likely ever watch again. Flawed for sure, but decent. To watch on a streaming service with your subscribtion.
The story while not anything special is decent enough to keep you interested, with some twists and turns along the way. Aaron Eckart (Vaile) and Nina Dobrev (Kate) have good chemistry and work well together.
When it comes to the action, you can sense they made efforts to put something visually fun, while at the same time hiding the fact that Eckhart is no Jason Statham or Scott Adkins. Basically stylish camera work and slowmos, more grounded type of fights. Overall that worked fine with me.
You do have to suspend your disbeliefs a bit much in some parts but its an action movie, that is something rather usual. That said, there was a few times i wonder if Vaile was not actually a Terminator or something, because it was pushing the "suspend your disbeliefs" concept a bit far.
I watched this movie in its original english language. As a French Canadian native i usually watch my movies dubbed in French but ocasionally watch stuff in english as well and normally i don't have much problem but there was some parts in this i really had trouble understanding what was said, especially from Aaron Eckhart.
I did read from another reviewer mentioning bad sound mixing. So its either that, Eckhart mumbling his lines a bit too much, or maybe its just me.
Overall this is one of those action movies that did its job. It entertained me for +/- 2 hours with a few beers, i wasn't bored, but its not one i will likely ever watch again. Flawed for sure, but decent. To watch on a streaming service with your subscribtion.