Cert: 12A cert (13 cert)
Director: McG
Screen writer: Adi Hasak, Luc Besson
Starring: Kevin Costner , Amber Heard ,Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis , Richard Sammel, Marc Andréoni, Bruno Ricci, Jonas Bloquet, Eriq Ebouaney
Running time: 117 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A man and his wife kiss briefly, and they are seen the next morning in bed, she is wearing a nightie and he is shirtless.
A girl and boy kiss against a brick wall in a dark alley, people walk by and look at them.
A dancer in a bar is implied to be nude, but the scene is so covered with smoke, it's impossible to tell.
A woman's bare back and brief upper buttocks are shown in a split second shot at a tattoo parlor.
Violence & Gore: The screenplay was made by the same director and writer who created the Taken movies, so if you've seen those, you can get an idea of what to expect.
The movie features frequent, stylish violence with lots of shooting and killing. Blood is shown, but the movie is not overly gory. Characters are threatened and lightly tortured for information. There's also lots of car chases and explosions. The main character suffers attacks and hallucinations (the images ripple back and forth), accompanied by nose-bleeds. A woman is decapitated in an elevator shaft (offscreen). There are car chases and explosions
Profanity: 3 uses of "f--k" (one is in subtitles). Other than that, several uses of the "S" word, 1 of "SOB," a few "d*mn," and quite a few uses of "Jesus" or "Jesus Christ"
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Several scenes as mentioned above with shooting and some torture.
Story: A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
Likes : When i started watching this i though this was going to be a hard hitting spy action type thriller film but its surprised me with something different, it not a film you can take seriously has it does have moments your laughing your head off at to moments where it does get serious.
Costner is definitely a plus in this film He's far from the fresh-faced kid who bluffed his way through a CIA manhunt in the far superior NO WAY OUT, but he's got a certain vulnerable charm and grizzled gravitas that makes us care about him now in middle age.
Given what we know about Costner's real career flame out, it's almost like this Costner is the same Yuri from NWO had he never been detected. He's older and not necessarily much wiser, pretty broken down by life and nearing the end, but he's finally realized what's important to him and it's not saving the world.
He's not going to even save his job; in fact, he's going to die pretty soon and probably be instantly forgotten by the world (we never see any friends or family.) Naturally he wants to reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter before he goes and it gives him purpose.
This is just where this film take on a some what funny moments as he's trying to do a job & now he kind of reconnect with his family its getting in the way it does have those moments your finding yourself laughing.
Amber Heard is not particularly helpful. She's way too young to have such apparent autonomy and confidence from the CIA, including unlimited funds for flashy, unnecessary cars and dominatrix wardrobes and accessories as well as access to experimental drugs and classy / seedy nightclubs where she apparently moonlights in exotic dance choreography. For an agency famous for not trying to stick out, Heard's fetishistic exhibitionism feels deeply at odds. The producers probably threw in her outfits in a panic when they realized there was basically no sex in the story which does show in this film.
If you looking for a fast paced action spy thriller this is not one of them as the pace is some what slow in place's but the action scene were ok but for this type of film i feel it was missing alot that could of been put in.
Dislikes : There could of been alot more action in this film & kept out the family theme in this film because t just didn't fit that well with the concept.
Overall : Costner still in some shape for an action film, action is ok, has some laughs.
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.8 out of 10 for story-line / concept.
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