Good action

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2013)

Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) is a world class marksman. On a secret Ethiopian mission, he and his best friend were abandoned. He escapes and lives in secluded woods. Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) finds him and convinces him that the president is in danger from a world class assassin. He decides to help the colonel but is set up. After being knocked down by Swagger, rookie FBI agent Nick Memphis (Michael Peña) is in trouble with the bosses but investigates what appears to be a wide ranging conspiracy.
The action is good, and the story is relatively tight. Mark Wahlberg does an admirable job as an almost superhuman soldier. Michael Peña is solid as always. Kate Mara looks sexy although they need to do more exposition on their past. The twist at the start is just too obvious. It might as well come with a neon sign. The story and the action does ramble on. The bad guys do too much explaining. I wish they built up the action to a crescendo instead. But the action is good enough to keep watching.