"After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper (Chris Pine) decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend (Ben Foster) and under the command of a fellow veteran (Kiefer Sutherland). Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home."
I thought it was really good. The dialogue (both personal and professional) between the SF guys seemed genuine, the fight scenes (both gun and hand) looked professional, and although it took a while for things to cook off I liked the time they took for character development.
I'm hoping our forum members that were/are SF will see the movie and comment on how real and accurate it is regarding operations, weapons handling, firefight, etc. as it all impressed me as authentic, but what I know of such things comes from books or the rare sharing of such things by those who have been there and done that.
Posts: 4981 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: September 04, 2008
Unfortunately I can't watch any more Chris Pine movies, because all I see is "that's Chris Pine".
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Posts: 5644 | Location: District 12 | Registered: June 16, 2012
Well made movie that just wasn’t very good. Didn’t make a ton of sense. Lots of “well ok” moments. Watch it for free is my advice. It’s not awful just not very good either.
Posts: 7472 | Location: Florida | Registered: June 18, 2005
Saw it a few days ago needed something to do so I watched it and boy was it forgettable.
Not a movie I would recommend to watch it was all over the place and not that good of a movie. By the time it was over thank god I streamed it for free because if I had to pay for it would have been so angry.
