Security (2017)

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but, since it was starring Antonio Banderas and Ben Kingsley, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, from all the cheap action flicks that Banderas has been making recently, I have to admit that it wasn’t the worst of the bunch. Indeed, the concept (a security guard with no weapon has to defend himself inside a shopping mall against an army of heavily-armed thugs) actually had some potential. However, don’t be fooled, the damned thing was still pretty weak though but, with such a generic title, it was rather expected. First of all, I have nothing against Antonio Banderas, he has some acting skills, but I thought he was rather miscast here as some kind of Jason Bourne-like lethal killing machine. At least, with Stallo” read more

Rainaloki 2018 (89 movies items)

"9.12. Die Hard -mallin elokuvia on varmasti tehty huonompiakin, mutta eipä tämä millään tavalla säväyttänyt. Banderas(kuitenkin) ihan symppis ja vähän Mariachi-menoakin löytyy."

BAMF's January 2018 Cinejourney (34 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Antonio Banderas Ben Kingsley Liam McIntyre Cung Le Chad Lindberg Gabriella Wright and Mark Rhino Smith True Rating: 8.3/10 Body Count: 50"

Undemanding old-school pizza and beer flick

“A modestly-budgeted, old-fashioned R-rated actioner with a Die Hard-esque narrative, Security gets enough right to justify a recommendation for movie-goers who enjoy genre flicks from the '80s and '90s. It's basically Die Hard meets Assault on Precinct 13 in a shopping mall (shades of Dawn of the Dead?), and it is overly predictable, but director Alain Desrochers compensates for the picture's formulaic construction by infusing the material with zest and verve. Created for a meagre $15 million, Security is more purely enjoyable than any number of blockbusters that cost three or four times as much - and it's a nice alternative in an age where big-budget superhero films rule the box office on a consistent basis. In addition, Security is more than just another cheap, nasty direct-to-video acti” read more