Pathetic irresponsible misogynist slander

Rating: 1/10 (20 December 2016)

Usually I'd start with an assessment of the various aspects, acting (generally fine) screenplay (perfectly serviceable) plot (works in places, nonsense in others) etc., etc., but for one particular reason no-one should worry about any of that, nor watch this film nor encourage in any way the irresponsible idiots who made it.
The theme concerns the extreme violence employed by people running the Mexican drug-cartels and suggests that extreme measures, going beyond not only the law but normal decency, may be required to combat them. I don't have a problem with that, and it is left for the viewer to decide whether measures such as facilitating the murder of innocent children can be justified if it may be the only way to defeat these malicious, brutal, ruthless and amoral enemies. I hope and presume most would think not.
It is conceivable that an experienced FBI agent, drafted in to add a veneer of legitimacy to illegal CIA operations of this kind, could find themselves out of their depth. The problem arises because this agent is a woman, while all the people involved in the operations on the CIA side are men, and because of the way the movie then treats this woman. At the start she is shown as functioning well in a demanding job (specialising in storming hostile locations to rescue hostages). However, after joining the operation, she becomes entirely ineffective: every physical confrontation leaves her defeated and humiliated and every time she takes positive action, usually to try to temper the excesses of the CIA and their hired thugs, it always fails. Having achieved nothing throughout the operation, she fails even in her determination to expose the illegality. In the final scene, the nastiest of the thugs taunts and humiliates her yet again, ("You look like a little girl when you're afraid") as he terrorises her into signing a declaration that all procedures were correctly followed. She is left apparently broken and abject, advised to find a safe small town where she can function, since she isn't tough enough for this real world.
Of course it may be a coincidence that a female character was used for this role and no other in the film. But that's about as likely as the squadron of wild boars doing aerobatics outside my window as I write. This movie has a second message and a far less ambiguous one, none other than the old misogynist lie that women cannot handle various roles, fire-fighters, infantry, whatever, and that when things get tough, they will fail before the men. Any actress who would accept a part which carries such a message should be ashamed of herself, and shame on all concerned for turning out something as despicable as an online misogynist hate-post. If this was done unintentionally, these people are irresponsible and foolish beyond belief, and whether their crime is idiocy or slander, it is equally damaging. Nowadays women work on many extreme front lines in law enforcement, the military, security services and so on. Reinforcing and thereby perpetuating these old misogynist lies can only undermine them and could possibly place them in harm's way.
If you hate women, enjoy seeing them humiliated, or believe their proper place is in the kitchen, then, who knows, you may well love this movie. If you are a reasonable human being who celebrates what women have achieved, then stay very well clear.