Like watching a video game

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2015)

Don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike this, I just thought it lacked substance. Mr Reeves fits the role well, he's the sad, loner type with hidden depths who is seething beneath that unreadable exterior. What I found hard to swallow was the seemingly vast assortment of similar characters and the almost comedic stereotyped mobsters who are so incompetent. There are ways to make this type of action realistic and more believable (Jason Bourne trilogy) but this film just relies on clichés to carry it along. It's one man against an incompetent mob and from the minute you see it start to get going, you know the outcome, all very predictable for most people which left me feeling a little bored. Cinematography is good, it's stylish in a simple sort of way but what little dialogue there is could easily have been omitted and you would have no problem following the simple plot. I suspect this has either been taken from the plot of a video game or will be made into one for those people who like mindless killing spree's and First Person Shooters.