6/10
Decent enough action thriller with great tension and spectacular action scenes
7 September 2022
Violent and nail-biting film dealing with a killer-for-hire carries out a bloody assignments . A nice spy/espionage action thriller with a lot of twists and turns, dealing with a battle-scarred War on Terror veteran named Jack Collins (Milo Gibson) turned into bounty hunter . Then his CIA handler Leigh (Sylvia Hoeks) offers him one last chance to keep fighting , sending him to London for a job : to track down ex-CIA Operative called McKnight (Elliot Cowan) before he procures a nuclear weapon from Russian gangsters. Collins, then join forces with other expert agents as Brennan (William Fichtner) and Samuelson (Gbenga Akinnagbe) . As the ex CIA operative is assigned to London on a dangerous manhunt , which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade Deighton (Joseph Millson),and his private army. The World is a Battlefield

This moving picture contains thrills , unstoppable action , betrayal , fighting , car pursuits and lots of deaths , as it has a high body count . There are echoes here of many other action movies and behind the deceits , plot twists and manipulation is essentially a simple yarn . This is a thrilling picture in which our main starring , Milo Gibson, is plunged into a highly dangerous game of death , vengeance and deception - where things are not always what they appear to be , in which our starring refuses to be defeated as he battles his way to an explosive ending . The film is built around the internal secret services and bounty hunters which sidelines in dirty work that ever the CIA won't touch , including continuous confrontation in which both sides fight violently and as casualties and treason mounts here and there. Including impressive action scenes in which our protagonists become involved into perilous fights in which they find themselves locked in urban tactical combat . The flick contemplates the old themes of trust , friendship , vengeance , humiliation , cold violence and treason . The set pieces such as chases are impressive , as well as violent fights and spectacular shootouts are all magnificent , as are so many secondary scenes . Interesting screenplay by director Matthew Hope himself with plenty of intrigue and surprises , though it doesn't really work with the complex motivations and moralities of the characters . The newcomer Milo Gibson gives an acceptable acting as a war-junkie and former Navy SEAL turned bounty hunter who tracks down terrorists as part of the CIA's outsourcing to private companies ,while battling personal demons . This Mel Gibson's son is doing an interesting career that includes a supporting role in the critically acclaimed war film Hacksaw Ridge directed by his father Mel Gibson with an all-star cast of Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington and Teresa Palmer ; Milo's next film cast him as famous mob boss Al Capone in Gangster Land (2017), then he co-starred In Peter Facinelli's Breaking & Exiting, and took on a role in The Tribes of Palos Verdes starring Jennifer Garner and The Oupost (2018) by Rod Lurie. Milo is well accompanied by a fine cast , such as Elliot Cowan as a disavowed CIA operative , Gbenga Akinnagbe, Joseph Millson , William Fichtner and Silvia Hoakes who starred the successful The Best Offer .The motion picture was well written and directed by Matthew Hope . He is a nice writer and filmmaker who has made a few films , such as : The Vanguard (2008) , The Veteran (2011) and this All the Devil's Men(2018) at his best . Rating 6/5/10 . Acceptable and passable.
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