Action films have become more and more reliant on special effects in order to step up the action and keep the audience glued to their seats. But once in awhile a movie comes along with the old style of action where its one man against an army and then just blows the audience away. This film has got some of the best choreographed fight sequences outside of the Asian cinema, and with strong acting from Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti we're given a high powered story that never stops until the credits role at the end.
After the mother of a newborn baby is killed a mysterious lone gunman is thrust into non-stop gun battles until he can figure out why they want the baby dead. There is a little CGI work done to enhance the effects but most of it is so minimal it's not bothersome to the story and doesn't draw away from the live action. With Owen and Giamatti playing opposite each other we're given glimpses into like characters that just chose different paths to follow, and because they are so similar every time they meet the action is explosive.
I was totally taken a back by how fast and how good this film turned out to be, the action starts right from the very beginning of the story and never lets up until the very end. This roller coaster ride brings the audience through some of the best sequences that have been put to film in years. The main character that Owen plays is basically John McClane, James Bond, MacGyver and Eastwood's Man with No Name all rolled into one. You'd think that with that much going on the character would fall apart and the story would unravel, but with the strength of the performances it would destine to become an action classic.
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