lacking of any pretense

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2014)

It is truly a "color by the number" action movie, and in the end a Rembrandt is painted.
Those who are so high-brow, can't let go that the movie's complete lack of any intricate, pretentious, plot-twist is actually a thing of beauty. I was so overjoyed that it rests in the action sequences, the lovable hero played gloriously by K.Reeves as a the somber, stoic "bad-good guy," and continuing our disdain for Russians (*see Cold War*) No, it is simply a revenge action movie, and the scenes are totally bad-arse. The "insights" to this crazy underworld of hired-killers is original, insightful, and adds depth to an otherwise "go get em" kinda movie.
SPOILER ALERT - there's a scene so sad (the beginning) that it makes you want to cry and adds fire to your furious revenge nestled in your heart.