Interpol agent Lin Bisset (Xu Qing) is transporting a prisoner out of South Africa to testify against military contractor Red Mountain. Former Red Mountain operative Travis Conrad (Ethan Hawke) is haunted by his past actions and the lost of his family. Jim Morrow recruits him to take down Lin and the whistleblower. After Travis gets killed by Lin, he is revived by Red Mountain with 24 hours of life to complete his mission.
This starts off well. It's got action and this movie does deliver some good action overall. The story seems simple at first until it decides to do an Escape from New York with a lot of fake-out flashbacks. It becomes disjointed and messy. Brian Smrz seems to be new at directing. He's more apt at stunts and that's what this movie delivers. The directing is muddled with a lot of flaws in the story telling. The action is fine and there are some good ground level locations. This really needs a veteran director with experienced hands to pull this story together. It does not.
This starts off well. It's got action and this movie does deliver some good action overall. The story seems simple at first until it decides to do an Escape from New York with a lot of fake-out flashbacks. It becomes disjointed and messy. Brian Smrz seems to be new at directing. He's more apt at stunts and that's what this movie delivers. The directing is muddled with a lot of flaws in the story telling. The action is fine and there are some good ground level locations. This really needs a veteran director with experienced hands to pull this story together. It does not.