Actors: Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie
Nielsen, Richard Sammel, Eriq Ebouaney
Rating: 9 out of 10, This was a Luc
Besson vehicle so of course it featured a grizzled, flawed hero (Costner)
surrounded by legions of bad guys in Besson’s beloved Paris. With a typically outlandish plot I really
enjoyed this action flick. Costner plays
a CIA assassin dying from cancer trying to reconnect with a teenage daughter
and estranged wife while simultaneously foiling a terrorist attack by the team
of the Albino and the Wolf (very Besson).
There’s a huge body count and Costner lends a very cool level of
humanity to the character. Hailee
Steinfeld continues her impressive work as the confused daughter. Amber Heard plays Costner’s diabolical CIA
boss who may have a cure for his cancer (as long as he stops at critical
moments to down vodka). The drug has the
side effect of immobilizing Costner just as he’s about to close with and
eliminate the bad guys. As you can see
this movie was all over the place but leavened with Besson’s typical charm – a
lot of fun to watch.MVP: Costner, of course, as the deadly CIA assassin Ethan trying to learn how to be a father to a teenage girl
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