Just....Meh

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2020)

There was a lot of action. Some violence. An arc to a stated goal. But, it didn't make you pull for the protagonist. There was a brother that was in danger, but you never had a reason to want him to live. Very little backstory to describe him as worth saving. No special ability of the 2 protagonists to do an impossible job, other than it was one's brother. An interlude with a woman that was supposed to reflect a version or reference to home life, but didn't do it well and was never revisited save an ambiguous picture with a note (sister, wife, girlfriend...who knows?). In short, the character development was sophomoric. The story was as boring as it could be for an interesting premise. The cinematography and realism made the movie watchable. But, at no time during the movie did I think, "Wow, this is a great movie." I went to see Spies in Disguise with my son 2 days afterward and thought that that was a much better movie. Better on all fronts.