An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from the damned thing but since my wife has a weak spot for Liam Neeson and since it was available on Netflix, I thought we might as well check it out together. Well, somehow, I have seen most of the action flicks starring Neeson since he showed up in ‘Taken’ and I wonder if this movie might be actually the weakest of the bunch. Indeed, the damned thing was just so derivative and simply just plain boring to watch. The worst thing was that the concept actually did have some potential. Indeed, the idea of a FBI agent specialized in helping out undercover agents in trouble was actually pretty neat and the fact that the guy was struggling with OCD was also interesting. In fact, that’s one thing that really bothered me with this movie, the fact that Liam Neeson doesn’t really even try anymore. Indeed, even though this guy was supposedly affected by some severe OCD, he actually played the character exactly the same way he played his usual tough guys which was just so lazy and disappointing. Sure, he would repeat some gestures 3 times just to show that, look, we are not joking, he really has OCD, but, in fact, it just didn’t have any impact on the story after all, at least, not enough. Instead of properly developing this aspect, they spent way too much showing that his relationship with his family was strained which is such a boring cliché and the fate of 99% of Neeson’s characters in such action flicks. Concerning the rest of the movie, it was basically dealing with some tedious generic conspiracy involving the boss of the main character which was not only seriously predictable but another boring cliché. Anyway, to conclude, the damned thing was just really weak and you should probably avoid it.