An average movie

Even though this movie had been a huge flop when it was released (apparently, it was even one of the biggest flops ever), since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it did remind me of ‘Nikita’ and I always been a huge fan of this concept. Sure, with such stories, half of it is always rather preposterous but, when it’s well done, it can be super entertaining and, in this case, I think the end-result was not bad after all. Still, there was one thing that did bother me though. Indeed, why on Earth did Keith Proctor contact Stephanie Patrick in the first place? It could have worked but I wish they developed more the reasons behind his actions. In my opinion, he didn’t make much sense that a journalist would reach out to a junkie prostitute regarding a massive terrorist conspiracy. Seriously, what was he trying to achieve? Except that aspect, everything actually worked fairly well though and I appreciate how raw the whole thing was which is always the best approach with this genre. On top of that, Blake Lively gave here a really solid performance and she certainly didn’t deserve this movie to flop so hard. Jude Law was not bad either. Coming back on the story, I have to admit that I was expecting some twist at the end, that she had been manipulated to kill some people who had nothing to do with the plane crash but it turned out to be so straightforward after all. Fortunately, it wasn’t a deal breaker though. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws and its rather lame reputation, it turned out to be a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, at least, if you like the genre.