Bean's Review: A lot of action in this movie. Pierce Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, a retired CIA agent and former mentor of Luke Bracey’s character, David Mason. The storyline is a bit twisty with some surprise revelations. Brosnan’s character is portrayed as a hold-no-bars, brutal spy. I believe it was difficult for him to act as harsh as he was supposed to, as he is no Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler or Russell Crowe.
The connection between Brosnan’s character and
Mason’s character needed to be much more developed as did the interplay
between Mason’s role and Eliza Taylor’s role of Sarah. I could not feel
any real sympathy for Sarah and David’s predicament
with Devereaux.
The storyline with Alice Fournier (Mia),
played by Olga Kurylenko, and Devereaux was a bit choppy, as sometimes
she was just left standing around, while Devereaux performed multiple
action bits.
Bill Smitrovich, playing Hanley, the CIA
boss, does a good job as the “bad-guy”, although we are lead to believe
that Will Patton’s character, Weinstein is the “bad-guy”.
So, a lot of interesting stunts and pretty
much non-stop action, but the movie needed more character development or
a different leading man.
Best scene: when Alice Fournier’s character hits a great blow to the female assassin with the shovel
Bean’s rating: Matinee
Mike's Review: This movie was okay but forgettable. It entertained me for the most part but its one of those movies I wouldn't rush out to buy on DVD or go see again in the theater. Pierce Brosnan was ok but I'm getting kind of tired of the old spy still has game, movie plot. It was done better in Red with Bruce Willis.
Best Scene: Shovel to the face
Mike's Rating: Matinee
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