I saw the ad, liked the idea and started Netflix a few minutes later. In recent years, there were quite some movies with the same basic setting that stood out and were fun to watch, e.g. "The Man Who Knew Too Little" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120483/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_49).
Unfortunately this movie will not become one to be remembered in a few years to come. It is an example of a streamlined, mass-production Hollywood blueprint without any surprises: Everyone with just basic knowledge of movies could easily predict what would happen next. It clearly had budget and the actors are good, but the story was - even with all these action scenes - rather slow and couldn't gain speed.
On top of that, this movie cannot decide whether it's a comedy or an action movie. People will get shot or killed otherwise throughout the movie quite explicitly (sometimes even with rather large sprays of blood), preventing it clearly from being suitable to minors. (Especially since killing of - even decent! - people is shown as nothing of great value.)
To state it clearly: If I would have had to pay admission for this, I would have been upset. Since it came with my Netflix package without extra charge, I was only slightly bored.
Bottom line: 100% average in all aspects, keep it on the long list for a long winter evening...
Unfortunately this movie will not become one to be remembered in a few years to come. It is an example of a streamlined, mass-production Hollywood blueprint without any surprises: Everyone with just basic knowledge of movies could easily predict what would happen next. It clearly had budget and the actors are good, but the story was - even with all these action scenes - rather slow and couldn't gain speed.
On top of that, this movie cannot decide whether it's a comedy or an action movie. People will get shot or killed otherwise throughout the movie quite explicitly (sometimes even with rather large sprays of blood), preventing it clearly from being suitable to minors. (Especially since killing of - even decent! - people is shown as nothing of great value.)
To state it clearly: If I would have had to pay admission for this, I would have been upset. Since it came with my Netflix package without extra charge, I was only slightly bored.
Bottom line: 100% average in all aspects, keep it on the long list for a long winter evening...