South Africa, China, United States · 2017
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Brian Smrz
Starring Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Paul Anderson, Rutger Hauer
Genre Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
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An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
Throughout the film, you can see Hawke trying to bring resonance and truth to a movie that is plotted like a “Crank” sequel and has dialogue that sounds like it was written by a teenage boy. Watching the actor fight against the deep flaws of the film he’s in is almost more interesting than the plot itself. At least it’s more entertaining.
Brian Smrz never contrasts the film’s violence with stillness, allowing the audience to enjoy a sense of foreboding escalation.
Smrz brings considerable gusto if not much conceptual originality to the pileup of dire crises, keeping the pace brisk and seriocomic tone variable.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Hawke delivers a workmanlike performance, but can't redeem the third act's macho baloney; sadly, Rutger Hauer (introduced in the opening and then wasted) doesn't come save him.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Until it devolves into testosterone-drenched, operatic silliness, the mix of bullets, blood and banter is dumb fun.
It’s a tolerable Hawke time-killer.
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