As an action-thriller with the neo-dark flair it's just fine. I never expected 'Jason Bourne' levels of plots and conspiracies, so the movie is easy to follow. Phair lady Gina Carano deserved more screen-time, she was sort of a wasted talent in this and was proll'y not supposed to upstage Kellan Lutz who did a good job overall - he's believable as a tough guy. Bruce Willis has very limited screen time - an aging movie tough guy passing the torch.For me, it works.I'd simply ignore some of the "reviews" on this site. Not the low ratings, which are alright... Unsubstantiated trash-talk however, carries zero weight.Maybe some of the main criticism stems from people expecting to watch Willis in an alternate 'Die Hard' lead role. This one is technically a 5.5-6.0/10 for me, but a 7.0 to counter a lower than deserved rating is fair.
... View MoreIt took 24 Producers to put this mess together, why? It's about the CIA & " condor " is mentioned. I know one person & one organization who are not enamored by this portrayal, Robert Redford & the CIA. In the Subtitles, which I use so as not to miss any dialogue, they even spelled the city in NJ, Patterson. Hey, there is only one "t" in Paterson. Can't any of the Producers spell, even just 1 out of the 24? Bruce, baby, you can do better than this...can't you? I stopped going to the theater years ago; the Coming Attractions are way too loud & there are too many, & I simply can't afford the price of a ticket, nor can my wife. We made the choice that we would rather eat & pay our bills than risk seeing a movie we did not like. I use the word movie rather than film, using the word "film" for only those that are worthwhile. More & more I watch foreign films. I do miss not seeing films on the "big screen." I recently saw " Carol " on Showtime & it blew me away; I watched it every time it was shown. I have 250 films on MyMovies list; more if I could learn how to add more, since it was made more difficult to add to the list.
... View MoreA former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation. It's been years since i watched a great Bruce Willis film and after watching this movie it's gonna take a bit more because Extraction was pretty bad Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz and Gina Carano were all pretty mediocre at best there were some nice action sequences of course but only a few and what could anyone expect from a straight to DVD action movie? Sure there's some few good ones but only a few and Bruce Willis has become Nicolas Cage at this point he is talented but damn he has lost it.
... View MoreDismal thriller with Bruce Willis making another one of his $1 Million a day appearance as CIA agent who wife was blown away by some European baddies some years back and his teenage son threatened.Ten years later Willis is held hostage and his son, now a desk bound CIA agent defies orders and sets out to rescue him with the help of fellow agent and ex girlfriend, Gina Carano.The film looks cheap in the opening sequences with too much bright light, the script is full of clichés, the action scenes are uninspired, I actually felt they wasted Carano's talents for the action sequences.There is a family best friend who we can guess early on has obscure motives and of course given his fee, Willis is used sparingly throughout the movie.
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