A bad movie

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from the damned thing but, since it was starring Mel Gibson, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Even though Gibson took a step back from acting back in the 2000’s, he is much more productive nowadays (he was even involved in no less than 6 movies in 2022). Unfortunately, all these recent movies were some lame direct-to-VOD garbage and this movie was a perfect example. For starters, even though Gibson was displayed prominently on all the promotional material, in fact, he was playing a psychiatrist and all his scenes were shot from his office (I wouldn’t be surprised if all his scenes were shot during one single day). In fact, it was even more bewildering for Tyrese Gibson. Indeed, Gibson was also on the poster but he showed up for even less running time and was gone after only 10 mins. Seriously, his character had eventually no impact whatsoever on the story. Eventually, the main character was actually played by Scott Eastwood and, well, the guy was seriously pathetic here. I mean, the concept of the lethal super skilled soldier with some mental issues was nothing new (see also ‘The Accountant’ for example) but the concept can be entertaining. However, it was actually rather cringe-inducing how Eastwood completely failed to do anything interesting with this character. It was also lame how the makers first started by making the guy choose to not kill anyone but they never really committed to this approach and, during the final act, he became once again the usual boring unstoppable killing machine. Finally, the plot barely made sense at all. For example, Dylan used to be some kind of mercenary, his brother Sean was some kind of history buff who needed some money and got in touch with Dylan’s old mercenary buddies but why? Loan sharks and mercenaries are two completely different things and how did Sean end up working with his brother’s former colleagues? Anyway, the damned thing was really idiotic and, above all, barely entertaining and you should probably avoid it. 

5/10