Easy watching action

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2015)

This movie is quite simply an easy watching action flick. A lot of it has a rehashed feel which does make it seem unoriginal - you get the feeling you have seen such plots and sub plots before. Wahlberg is steady but unspectacular and a lot of it has a far fetched feel that many conspiratorial movies do tend to have. As a whole though it is enjoyable action - easy to watch which gives it a very comforting quality. Most of performances are also good which gives it more credibility than you might have expected. As always for me in such movies it's often the smaller supporting roles that are the best and most memorable. Elias Koteas was effectively menacing and Ned Beatty personified the Governor bad guy who thinks he is untouchable. Kate Mara was enchanting.