This is one of my favourite books and I have waited 23 years for a film to finally be made and numerous rumours and false starts. And what a damp squib.
So to start with the only resemblance to the look is the loss of a loved one and the names. That's it.
From a book that slowly creates characters you care about with complex stories around drug dealers and vietnam to a film with the lamest story ever.
Michael B Jordan is OK in the role, he lacks a bit of depth and you never really connect with him. Ritter is a one dimensional character put in there to throw you off the scent.
A few people have summed this up as a real budget movie. The action sequences are again ok but mostly filmed in pretty dull locations such as factory's or blocks of flats.
The explosions are really quite disappointing. One person is strapped up with 9 blocks of plastic explosive but when it goes off it barely takes out the windows and then they just throw a lot of dust on people to make it look like it was bad.
With such great source material and the origin story of John Clark this was very very lame. I feel particularly sorry for Jodie Turner-Smith as she was so miscast it was frightening. I don't think I have seen an actor look so out of place in a role. One minute she is the boss the next she is just another person with a gun not doing much.
The ending was so stale, dull and rushed I felt sorry for Guy Pearce who has been a powerhouse of acting.
I hate to be one of these people who trump on about the book but I have waited 23 years for a film I have already forgotten about. God knows what they will do with Rainbow six. They really need to step their game up.
What concerns me most is that when you have the opportunity to showcase a really good young black actor in a role many associate as white (Willem Defoe) you really want to make sure you deliver to get the naysayers to shut up, but they failed with this one. I hope they give him more Character development in the next film.
So to start with the only resemblance to the look is the loss of a loved one and the names. That's it.
From a book that slowly creates characters you care about with complex stories around drug dealers and vietnam to a film with the lamest story ever.
Michael B Jordan is OK in the role, he lacks a bit of depth and you never really connect with him. Ritter is a one dimensional character put in there to throw you off the scent.
A few people have summed this up as a real budget movie. The action sequences are again ok but mostly filmed in pretty dull locations such as factory's or blocks of flats.
The explosions are really quite disappointing. One person is strapped up with 9 blocks of plastic explosive but when it goes off it barely takes out the windows and then they just throw a lot of dust on people to make it look like it was bad.
With such great source material and the origin story of John Clark this was very very lame. I feel particularly sorry for Jodie Turner-Smith as she was so miscast it was frightening. I don't think I have seen an actor look so out of place in a role. One minute she is the boss the next she is just another person with a gun not doing much.
The ending was so stale, dull and rushed I felt sorry for Guy Pearce who has been a powerhouse of acting.
I hate to be one of these people who trump on about the book but I have waited 23 years for a film I have already forgotten about. God knows what they will do with Rainbow six. They really need to step their game up.
What concerns me most is that when you have the opportunity to showcase a really good young black actor in a role many associate as white (Willem Defoe) you really want to make sure you deliver to get the naysayers to shut up, but they failed with this one. I hope they give him more Character development in the next film.