Action Hero MoviesKicking off with technocratic anti-nature sentiment — a theme that only grows — on top of fearmongering around apocalyptic contagions, systematic kidnappings, and freedom fighters aka terrorists — not the best start, but this is probably what got the movie sponsored.
The genre is good and the plot twists are plenty in the first half hour or so. Supporting case is not bad either. If it were to continue at this level it would be set for a Decent rating.
The second half hour sees a change in genre, from slick action to moody mystery, and the last half hour is a weird combination of these two genres. Nevertheless, I’m going to uphold the rating of Decent, on the basis of its merit, not giving too much credence to its downsides, because it’s hard to find a movie that doesn’t have similar such downsides, so on the balance of things, Decent is probably a relatively fair rating — all ratings are relative of course.
Marton Csokas, the special forces trained baddie from The Equalizer, plays the chief baddie in this movie until his younger brother, played by Jonny Lee Miller, star of Hackers, turns out to be the real baddie. Charlize Theron plays the lead role as the tomboyish femme fatale with more tactical skills than anyone else.