Rating:
7 out of 10, a Netflix rental that I hadn’t heard anything about but it
had Gibson, still serving his exile from Hollywood main stream, so I figured I
would give it a chance. I’m very glad I
did because despite some very gritty edges this was very entertaining. For all of us who wondered whatever happened
to Gibson’s character Porter in the Payback movie – this provides a reasonable
answer. Gibson plays a career criminal
who finds himself locked up in a depraved Mexican prison and he ends up playing
all sides against each other to achieve his own ends. He befriends a young Mexican boy serving time
in the prison with his mother. Gibson
looks very washed out but I think that’s by choice and it plays well with his character. The young actor playing the boy, Hernandez,
is also extremely good and more than holds his own in his scenes with
Gibson. Whatever else Gibson may be
guilty of he can still make a very entertaining action movie.
MVP: Hernandez
as the kid has real screen presence
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