Give us a break

Rating: 2/10 (25 November 2010)

A group of mercenaries take a job on a South American island to overthrow dictator General Garza (Zayas), but they find something else is going on there.
If you want to see many of your Action Heroes in one place this is the movie for you. And, if you add Karate fights, car/truck chases, explosions and gunfire for about 95% of the time, this is the movie for you. And, if you like seeing (or not seeing) most of the fighting, shooting and killing actions that occur in the dark, this is the movie for you. Give us a break. This was like an action video game.
The acting and dialogue were pretty good what little there was, however, the movie seemed more intent on getting back to fighting/killing and blowing things up; and the explosions were spectacular. But, like too much CGI in Transformers, too much hand-to-hand fighting, vehicle chases, gunfire, killings and explosions do not a good movie make. And, since most of the action was in dimly lighted areas we really didn't care who was doing what to whom. The movie's Continuity Person had an easy job in here. In fact, we didn't care about any of the characters regardless of the times when no killing actions were on the screen. We just didn't care.
What did we like? The car/truck chases appeared to be actual stunts and they were spectacular and some of the best we have ever seen. We liked Eric Roberts and why don't we see him in movies where he is the good guy? Yes, many actors prefer the bad guy role, but too often we see Eric Roberts in a bad guy role and we want that changed. He is always Oscar Worthy and one of the best actors Hollywood has ever had.
There is one thing the movie got absolutely right, the title.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes, but not too many F-bombs