If you remove a protagonist from this film nothing will change

Rating: 5/10 (23 December 2015)

Great story, yeah.
It's impossible to ignore such a poor dramaturgy. Is it a trending thing these days? Recently made Godzilla has the same major flaw - main characters are just... witnesses. Why should I care if I witness the same chain of events by myself? How come victims of circumstances became protagonists?? Aren't they supposed to act, to choose, to make decisions and deal with consequences? If not, what are they doing there? Watching this movie with me?
It could be a good solid story about Alejandro's revenge and his transformation from law&order man to merciless murderer. Or about his conflict with Kate. But since Kate doesn't do anything, it's not a conflict. She is absolutely useless element. So is her FBI partner by the way.
Cinematography is very cool but that's why it makes the film even worse. I could expect something like this from a cheap b-movie made by inexperienced team, but not from Villeneuve's product.