Rating: 6 out of 10, I watched this because I saw some on line reviews saying it was a good political military thriller and I’ve always liked Sean Bean. While he doesn’t get to perform his signature move (although he does give it the old college try a couple times) – a death scene – this is a pretty good flick. It is so very British though and I can see why it didn’t make it over to the States. It tries to serve as an apologist for Muslim radicals and that would never play here. It reminded me a lot of 1970s movies where the big bad government was behind all evil perpetrated, even against itself. This movie fails because of that. You don’t try to explain evil – you wipe it out. The action is well done although the pace is brought to a screeching halt with some overlong flashbacks.
MVP: Bean gets to live as a tired but effective operative
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