This was my first look at actor Dominic Purcell, he has sort of that Dave Bautista/Jason Statham thing going on. I liked him in this even if his character Dave Hendrix was played a little too one dimensional. Asking him to crack a smile every now and then would probably have been too much.
It seems action flicks like this get short shrift by a lot of viewers here on IMDb. Taken as one of many seen by the average viewer, I guess it's no surprise. I try to watch these stories as if I hadn't seen a few hundred like it before, and when I do that, I usually find them entertaining enough. This one had a neat hook with the good guys burning up the bearer bonds that the bad guys were after, but not for one minute did I think they actually did it. After that, the intended heist turns into a revenge story with the action ramping up accordingly.
Siding with the naysayers somewhat, this is a rather by-the-numbers film that doesn't break any new ground in the genre. When Brody (Cody Hackman) asked Hendrix - "You ever watch action movies?" - I did a slow groan myself, but the story redeemed itself with the reveal that Gina (Trish Stratus) was in with the villains and did it for the money. Isn't that always how it is?
It seems action flicks like this get short shrift by a lot of viewers here on IMDb. Taken as one of many seen by the average viewer, I guess it's no surprise. I try to watch these stories as if I hadn't seen a few hundred like it before, and when I do that, I usually find them entertaining enough. This one had a neat hook with the good guys burning up the bearer bonds that the bad guys were after, but not for one minute did I think they actually did it. After that, the intended heist turns into a revenge story with the action ramping up accordingly.
Siding with the naysayers somewhat, this is a rather by-the-numbers film that doesn't break any new ground in the genre. When Brody (Cody Hackman) asked Hendrix - "You ever watch action movies?" - I did a slow groan myself, but the story redeemed itself with the reveal that Gina (Trish Stratus) was in with the villains and did it for the money. Isn't that always how it is?