An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking of a Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a witness in a trial. Hot on her heels is the psychopathic hijacker and his team of henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate the witness.
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It's a strange mixture of Die Hard and Home Alone on a lower budget which works. Very enjoyable.
Didn't get much more than 4 just because of the cheesy s**t that went on. But the stunts were cool! And seeing Cung Le throwing his weight around was pretty good. Have to say I seen it online and didn't think it would be great but didn't disappoint I recommend checking it out if your having a chill evening and fancy a bit of gun foolery and some cheesy one liners. All in all an pretty ok movie
Mr. Bandaras turns in a convincing turn as a tough military veteran with undisclosed post- traumatic stress issues forced to employ his combat skills against mall thugs. The villain, played by the great Ben Kingsley, is coolly evil and great in his role. While there are clearly some odd aspects to the setting and an overabundance of dufus Millennial mall cops in an out-of-the-way mall, the fight scenes are extremely well-staged and a dark humor surrounds the mall cop heroics. The actress was too wise for her years, as is common— and very irritating—in stories coming out of Hollywood these days, but over all was well- directed. A fun evening at the mall.
Read the reviews and put it on in the background for some B movie noise... 20mins in I'm planted on the couch engaged as the story unfolds, 40mins in I'm thoroughly enjoying the action. Expectations weren't high after reading a few of the reviews but it held itself well for what it is.Some were relating it to being a "ripoff" of Die Hard and Assault on Precinct 13. Comparing it to two movies over 30 years doesn't make it not worth watching. The story is easy to figure out but wasn't really expecting too much there. The clichés were smoothly entwined amongst some nicely choreographed moves.The movie poster got me here and the action ensured I enjoyed it more than the average B movie. With a $15m budget, it felt like more than just a DTV after half way.Great to see Banderas back to form as it was cringe worthy watching him in the The Expendables 3. At 57 he's looking great and very believable for his role. Some good moves and sequences ensured he kept the bad guys (and the single Token Bad Girl) at bay long enough, despite only using handguns for most of it.Ben Kingsley also had a good turn after seeing him in some pretty average movies. Although his accent (South African to Scottish to Hannibal Lecter to something else) was quite entertaining.Watch it and enjoy!
