I would have never gone to watch it in a theatre if not for Josh Holloway. From whatever I've seen till now, I firmly believe that he has more acting prowess than all the rest of the 9 members of his team combined. But unfortunately, he is a TV star and not a bankable name in movie world. I wish better movies and meatier roles for him. Anyways, as far as the movie is concerned, its a boring movie. Thats all i can say. Had to sit through it 'cause i had paid for it.
... View MoreI like to think that I'm fairly film savvy. Many times I can tell you exactly what's gonna happen next because I've seen it in countless other films and it can be rather painful to watch. Thus, how pleasant it is to see a plot twist that you never saw coming. This film has two of them.On the surface, Sabotage looks like the typical Schwarzenegger film: Guns, action, and more guns and more action. But what it really is, is a character study of a tortured man. Arnold will never win an award for his acting and there are a couple moments that are rather cringe worthy but still, he's solid and capable. But, the acting around him is nothing less than first rate. My favorite was Olivia Williams who plays a cop investigating the murders of members of Schwarzenegger's crack DEA team. I'd heard the name, but her face wasn't familiar to me. Turns out she's a British, Shakespearean actor; yet, there was not a trace of any of that in this film! Strangely, this is one of Arnold's best films. Mainly because he gets to play a character he's never played before and it works. Therefore, I find it hard to believe that Sabotage didn't get much attention - I just recently came upon it over the internet - it's gotta great cast, a talented, accomplished, writer director (David Ayer), and a compelling story line. Because I've seen so many unoriginal films lately, it's not always easy for one to hold my attention. I wouldn't say I was riveted to the screen, but Sabotage did hold my attention without giving me the feeling that I was being falsely manipulated. Which is what you want any film to do.
... View MoreI heard about this film a fair bit while it was out in cinemas, mainly because of the leading actor, I didn't know anything about the plot, so, despite slightly low ratings, I was up for it, directed by David Ayer (Training Day, Fury, Suicide Squad). Basically an elite DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) team, led by John 'Breacher' Wharton (Arnold Schwarzenegger), raid a drug cartel, during which they find $10 million in cash, they take it all and hide it in the plumbing. When they return later for the cash, it is missing, and the team are under investigation until the money is found, the investigation is lifted after a couple of months, following no evidence. The team are eventually brought back together to train, and celebrate the reunion with a night in a club, but then one by one members are being murdered. The first killed member wakes up in his RV, on train tracks, and hit by an oncoming train, the second killed member is found nailed to the ceiling, the third killed member is gunned down in his remote cabin. Investigating the murders is Detective Caroline Brentwood (The Sixth Sense's Olivia Williams) from the City of Atlanta, with Breach, who is haunted by the memory of his family murdered, they work together to find who is responsible, the obvious connection is the missing millions. The murderer responsible for the brutal killings is not so obvious, following a high speed chase they get what they deserve, it is revealed that Breach in fact kept all the mom. Breach uses it to get a lead to those responsible for killing his family, he murders the man and all his henchmen in a large bloody shootout, after which he is badly injured, and simply sits down to smoke a cigar. Also starring Sam Worthington as James 'Monster' Murray, Mireille Enos as Lizzy Murray, Terrence Howard as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds, Joe Manganiello as Joe 'Grinder' Phillips, Harold Perrineau as Investigator Darius Jackson, Martin Donovan as Floyd Demel, Max Martini as Tom 'Pyro' Roberts, Josh Holloway as Eddie 'Neck' Jordan, Troy Garity as Agent Spolcheck and Kevin Vance as Bryce 'Tripod' McNeely. Schwarzenegger is always good at being tough, all the supporting cast members are stereotypes, but they do fine, the story is just about interesting to follow, I agree with critics it more about the shock factor, but that is exactly what kept me watching, all the grisly deaths, each more gory than the last, and the sequences with speedy chases and guns blazing are exciting, so overall it was a reasonable crime action thriller. Worth watching!
... View MoreI have to say that Arnold is kinda look quite old in this movie, so I'm actually not really sure if he can actually pull this off... But he actually did it! But don't expect him to do things like he did in his younger days though.To put a summary for this movie, I'd say it was like a raw, condom-less, cum-inside-to-make-you-pregnant-several-times kinda movie. The example for condomized movies is like the Stallone's The Expandables. Most action movies are always about bad guy vs good guys and you can pretty much guess how the ending was. And this movie are ain't like that at all, you will be shocked to know what actually happened and how it happened.This is really a nice movie to watch for Arnold's fan but be warn though, there's a lot of gores in this movie. So not a good idea to watch it with your kids though. And fat peoples might get offended with the jokes in the movie(48% body fat) lol.And about the last scene it was so damn classic and I love it. And if anybody is wondering, I pretty much sure he survived it. Its nothing more than a scratch for him, since He is the freakin Terminator! Hasta la vista Baby~ B)
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