An average movie

Honestly, I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this flick beforehand. Indeed, everything about it sounded terribly generic (the title, the poster, the plot,…) but, eventually, I thought it was not bad at all. Of course, the story was little bit far-fetched and it tends to go over the top from time to time but, still, I thought it was a very well made and entertaining thriller. It was directed by Jonathan Mostow who would direct some big blockbusters like ‘Surrogates’ and the even bigger ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ but this movie was actually better in my opinion. Indeed, usually, I have a hard time to care for those preposterous action-thrillers but, this one, even though it is not very well known, was actually really fun. Above all, I enjoyed how they constantly built up the tension until the very end. On top of that, Kurt Russell delivered his usual dependable performance as your everyday man and this character was much more enjoyable that the usual tough guys that they give you in this kind of those features. Eventually, the main issue for me was the ending which was unnecessary violent in my opinion. Still, in spite of its flaws, I think it is actually quite a decent action-thriller, I believe it is really underrated and it is definitely worth a look.

6/10