I came into this with low expectations ... hoping for an average run of the mill action movie.
And frankly this film couldn't even achieve that.
The lead character / actor was just so dull. I never found myself rooting for him to succeed. Hoping he doesn't die. Nor do you want him to fail. He was not even bad enough to root against him. He was just completely bland. Uninteresting. Bordering on irrelevance.
It's hard for a movie to get any traction when the lead character is so dull. He has no charisma. No enjoyment. No real relationship. One pointed to in the beginning but sped past at full speed so you never get any feel for either the lead character or the friend. Then there is the obligatory love interest which comes too late in the film and there is never any spark on screen between the two actors.
So bad lead character. No charisma. No relationships to get the lead out his shell. Thoroughly uninteresting individual and the whole movie revolves around him. When you do not care about the lead character it makes everything else less interesting. When you do not have a strong story (not that you would expect one in an action movie like this), you cannot overcome that.
Even when you do some of the other things right.
So overall, a 3 or 4 out of 10.
And frankly this film couldn't even achieve that.
The lead character / actor was just so dull. I never found myself rooting for him to succeed. Hoping he doesn't die. Nor do you want him to fail. He was not even bad enough to root against him. He was just completely bland. Uninteresting. Bordering on irrelevance.
It's hard for a movie to get any traction when the lead character is so dull. He has no charisma. No enjoyment. No real relationship. One pointed to in the beginning but sped past at full speed so you never get any feel for either the lead character or the friend. Then there is the obligatory love interest which comes too late in the film and there is never any spark on screen between the two actors.
So bad lead character. No charisma. No relationships to get the lead out his shell. Thoroughly uninteresting individual and the whole movie revolves around him. When you do not care about the lead character it makes everything else less interesting. When you do not have a strong story (not that you would expect one in an action movie like this), you cannot overcome that.
Even when you do some of the other things right.
So overall, a 3 or 4 out of 10.