Wonderful character development!
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... View MoreThis could have been a good movie, unfortunately the director sucked. He didn't have a clue and that's too bad
... View MoreNo spoilers. Simple plot with twists. The acting in an action film are limited to the action presented. Of course this isn't a realistic CIA film. First, there are no CIA "agents", there are operatives and officers, but agents are an FBI title. Second, the plot is fairly simple, but actually well done. Third, the production values are rather high for a straight to video film. The fight sequences are pretty well done, Gina Carano is a fine film fighter and so are Kellan Lutz and Bruce Willis, age notwithstanding. There are enough plot twists to keep this interesting, within its genre. No, this isn't the high speed, top of the line Tom Cruise actioner, yet it has its moments. So, no whining about the less than stellar costs associated with it. Given a larger budget and better writing it could have been a far better film. The writing is what makes the film suffer. All in all it was entertaining and for those of us who've been waiting for a new Bourne Identity, this isn't it, but it might have been. So, take it for what it is and enjoy the action and shut up. Predator was not much better an actioner and certainly some of Arnie's 1980s action flicks were no better. Kellan Lutz and Gina Carano have careers as action stars and given better scripts and some experience under their belts have the ability to make some fine films in the future. If there is a real disappointment here, it's Bruce Willis who could have phoned in his performance, perhaps his payday wasn't as large as he's used to?
... View MoreOver a year and a half ago, I reviewed a Bruce Willis movie called Vice. Okay, it was less of a review and more of an annihilation. I not only said that it was the worst film of 2015, which earned that distinction in only the third week of the year, but I also called it the worst film of the 2010s thus far. I also said that it would be impossible for anyone to take that title of "the worst film of 2015" away from it. While no movie did that, despite Fantastic Four's valiant effort, at the end of the year, another Bruce Willis movie came out in the action thriller genre that also got a VOD release called Extraction. If you read my Vice review, one of my most mind-boggling discoveries that I brought up was how that movie had a 0% Tomatometer score and a 0% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of its release. Well, I am blown away by the fact that this ALSO got a 0% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. And while Vice's Tomatometer score had gone up to 4% in the months that followed, this movie's Tomatometer score actually held up at the time that I'm giving it its own review.Now, in my opinion, this is a better movie than Vice. But that's the only good news I have, because it's another Bruce Willis movie in the action thriller genre that only got a VOD release playing to the top-name actor's pedestrian-level abilities. I wish it were easy to leave it at that, but really, even this autopilot action thriller has a lot of baffling moments. From the dialogue to the acting, to the terrible effects, to the "Bingo"-level editing job, to the sexist behavior, to quite possibly one of the worst twists in film history, it's quite bizarre. And even by the standards of the action thriller formula, or even the Bruce Willis formula, it's quite unpleasant.Score: 8/100 Recommendation: None
... View MoreAs an avid action movie fan I hoped for an evening of mindless explosions, sarcastic humour while watching a now familiar story line, what a disappointment. Being a Die Hard fan, Tears of the Sun and seeing Bruce Willis in the main cast I was hoping to see some RED action with a good female sub-lead in the ranks. This movie is a disgrace to the year 2015. The script was bad, non- existent even,the directing even worse. So many mistakes made in the scenes and the main actor is demeaned to a man that is told what to do by his dad or others in the scene. This takes away so much from Kellan Lutz's normal I can do it myself attitude. With Gina Carano in the cast I was waiting for some Deadpool kick-ass action but was left with a "what the hell happened to Cynthia Rothrock" feeling. All the actors were dealt a raw deal with this movie, why they took it I don't know. Why their PR allowed it is another question? I still want to see Kellan Lutz in a more brainy role, which I think can be pulled off if you look at real life and what he stands for. Bruce Willis will always be a favorite but maybe it is time to retire and leave the CIA roles to the new guys, how about RED 3? Gina Carano, I am all for tough chick action, hopefully she will get a better chance in the Mutant, Superhero genre seeing low-budget movies use her as a prop for a bad script wanting to have some female blood to mix it up - mega fail in this movie. All in all this is a NO, put it back, don't waste your money. I will rather watch Kung Fu Panda 3 with my son than go through this again.
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