Too predictable to be entertaining

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2011)

Just to be sure, some spoilers included.
I think there are two kinds of people. Well, three, actually; You have those who simply dislike action movies. However, you can subdivide the remaining action-loving group into those who like surrealistic action, so lots of gunfire, ordinary CIA agents with close to supernatural abilities (jumping from one truck to another, somehow avoiding all the bullets from her colleagues - trained CIA agents, no less! - and winning a 3 versus 1 hand-to-hand combat), you get the picture. Then you have me. I like realistic action movies. I also like (action)movies with surprising twists. And this movie had none of that. As soon as I saw Liev Schreiber - the second scene, I believe - I told my friends: That's got to be the bad-guy. He's probably supposed to be the 'good guy' 2/3 of the movie, then at the end he'll turn out to be the bad guy. Hurray for me. Boo for this movie. I mean, what is up with this casting? Liev Schreiber has written 'bad guy' all over him! He does not have the face for a double agent. If you want to surprise your audience with Liev Schreiber, have him be the good guy after all. This was but one example of the predictability of this movie. Together with the lousy action, over the top and not exactly tip-of-your-seat-work, makes for a mediocre movie.