Review of Echelon 8

Echelon 8 (2009)
2/10
Only one little plot twist makes it interesting (spoiler alert)
13 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers
The only thing interesting about this film is the plot, which has one innovation: the super-secret, off-the books CIA team is out to protect citizens AGAINST the military-industrial complex! Now there's a new one. Acting and directing are less than convincing. Locations are low- budget. Nothing wrong with that, but I wouldn't say that this is an undiscovered gem. There is one find, however: Russell Friedenberg, who convincingly plays a rough and sinister covert operator . I would like to see more of him.

There were enough loose ends to make one think it was intended as a pilot for a series. It has an interesting concept, and a series could work with better direction. We are left wondering whether the "Keepers" are the secret overseers of the CIA detail or the secret, conspiratorial rich guys, who they are trying to get. Anyway, the major bad guy gets away in the end, so it sets up at least a sequel.
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