An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I was actually positively surprised by this movie. Indeed, the damned thing turned out to be really intense and I have to admit that I was actually on the edge of my seat through most of the duration. Seriously, I think I will never forget the scene during which these parents have to throw their kids from the roof of some building because, otherwise, they would all get executed on the spot. Still, it’s too bad that the setup was pretty shaky. I mean, could you imagine yourself going to live in Cuba a day before Castro took over the country or in Chile a day before Pinochet overthrew Allende? Of course, I get that the whole point was to drop them in a strange country from which they didn’t know anything about but, in my opinion, it would have made more sense if this family would have been living there for quite some time. Concerning Pierce Brosnan, it is always neat to see him playing some darker version of James Bond and he did deliver a solid performance but I’m not sure if the movie actually needed him. On top of that, it was rather lame that the guy didn’t show up once but twice completely randomly to save their ass. In a similar fashion, it happened too many times that this average couple would be able to take down a whole bunch of armed rebels by themselves. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, the damned thing was actually really effective and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.