01-18-2021, 11:28 AM
Anthony Mackie (Falcon in the MCU) stars in this near future war film about an incident in Ukraine. A young Drone Pilot disobeys orders on a drone strike and is sent to the front to see what his disobedience costs. He is paired up with Mackie to go OUTSIDE THE WIRE to track down a McGuffin to avert the thing we all don't want to happen. There's double-crosses and the fate of the world comes into play. It's from the people who brought you The Old Guard and The Extraction.
Oh my god they do a lot of talking in this action film. So much sitting in the patrol car explaining life and why war is bad and how Drone pilots don't know about war. I was getting lumps on my skull from all the messaging they were hitting me over the head with. Just go and shoot people with the cool robots already. The fight scenes and battle scenes. But you forget about them because here comes another MESSAGE.
In the end the plot fell apart. It didn't bear too much scrutiny. At one point, they should just have shot the bad guy and the film would have ended or been simpler. But no. And why does Mackie always through away his gun every time it's empty? And why in some scenes does Mackie hit everything he shoots at and in other scenes he can't seem to hit anything?
Knife fights. No Sword fights.
Oh my god they do a lot of talking in this action film. So much sitting in the patrol car explaining life and why war is bad and how Drone pilots don't know about war. I was getting lumps on my skull from all the messaging they were hitting me over the head with. Just go and shoot people with the cool robots already. The fight scenes and battle scenes. But you forget about them because here comes another MESSAGE.
In the end the plot fell apart. It didn't bear too much scrutiny. At one point, they should just have shot the bad guy and the film would have ended or been simpler. But no. And why does Mackie always through away his gun every time it's empty? And why in some scenes does Mackie hit everything he shoots at and in other scenes he can't seem to hit anything?
Knife fights. No Sword fights.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm