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Survivor
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.
Release : | 2015 |
Rating : | 5.6 |
Studio : | Nu Image, Millennium Media, Winkler Films, |
Crew : | Art Department Coordinator, Art Department Coordinator, |
Cast : | Pierce Brosnan Milla Jovovich Dylan McDermott Angela Bassett Robert Forster |
Genre : | Action Thriller Crime Mystery |
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The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Just a worst movie to waste your valuable time don't ever try to watch this movie
An American military helicopter pilot is taken by insurgents in Afganistan. Kate Abbott (Milla Jovovich) is a newly arrived State Department security officer at the American embassy in London under Sam Parker (Dylan McDermott). Kate investigates Emil Balan (Roger Rees) applying for a visitor visa. Her co-workers are killed in a bombing by the Watchmaker (Pierce Brosnan) and she barely escapes his gunsight. It's a conspiracy with supervisor Bill Talbot (Robert Forster) and the terrorists. Paul Anderson (James D'Arcy) is a British security officer.This is a middling thriller. The problem is that everything is thrown at her to make her look guilty. Each evidence is questionable and filled with conveniences. Security cameras go down in one of the most surveilled cities in the world. There is basic investigative work that these experts miss out on. It's also questionable why Emil needs to go to America or if he could have supervised from London or how he got another passport anyways. Every character does some questionable action or fails to act. The actors are fine and the production is functional. The writing is simply not sharp enough. Idiocy by some of these characters taint any hope for a good thriller. In the age of terrorism fears, Kate would not be dismissed so easily even if suspicions start falling on her. Emil would be a person of interest from the beginning in the real world but the movie brushes him off with contrivances. At a certain point, I assumed half of these characters are in a conspiracy because otherwise would mean that they are written stupidly. The new year's eve time square scenario is unrealistic and Kate is only successful due to happenstance. It's poorly written.
Matt Damon plays an employee of the secret services who is wrongly-accused of a crime he didn't commit and is relentlessly pursued across a major European city by those – supposedly – on his own side. That would be the plot of – pretty much all – 'Bourne' films. Now, if you remove Matt Damon and insert Milla Jovovich in the lead then you basically have 'Survivor.' Having watched the film, I can honestly say I can't think of a single thing wrong with it. That might make it sound good. However, the problem lies in the fact that I also can't think of a single thing that's right with it, either! It's just totally run-of-the-mill and/or by-the-numbers. You could pretty much take any leading star (male or female) and have them chased around a city a bit while they try and prove their innocence and bring down the baddie then you have this.Milla Jovovich starts out like your average office employee (well, average employee of a secret government department). What I'm getting at is that she is never presented as being trained as a special forces field agent. She comes across as little more than a pen-pushing secretary. However, as soon as she's in danger she turns into her 'Alice' character from the Resident Evil franchise and starts kicking the blue blazers out of anyone who crosses her. Apart from Pierce Brosnan. Yes, he's is in it, too. I almost forgot about him. Yes, he's chasing poor old Milla. He's sort of like a less threatening Terminator, only without the foreboding presence of Arnie. He's a charming enough actor if given the right material to work with, however he hasn't got enough to do here to make him stand out.If you like your 'spy' films where the hero has to 'out' the villain in their own organisation and/or prevent some sort of disaster then you should like this. It's one of those films where if you're a fan of the genre and haven't had to actually pay to watch it (I watched it on Netflix, so it's part of my bundle!) then you probably won't feel too ripped off. I'm just sure glad I never paid full price for a cinema ticket to sit through this.
Not worth watching at all.A stereotypical bad action film, "Survivor" is roughly (I'm probably not a good source, I think I fazed out at some point) about some American embassy workers in London, with some explosions etc. And guess what all the British are bad - I know a British accent seems to do strange things to film-makers' brains, but really, isn't that overdone now? Okay, mostly suppressed rant aside, there was really nothing substantial or even particularly good about this movie. The plot goes exactly where you think it's going to go and all the stuff you think happens, does happen. It's predictable and pretty much the same as most of the other "action" movies out there. Also, what's with the name: there is no one in the movie that can really be classed as a "survivor" - except, perhaps, those who, like myself, for some obscure reason actually finished watching the film. And to everyone involved in making this film: you have Milla Jovovich, an absolutely awesome actress, especially for actions films (not to mention the fact you also have an actual James Bond), yet you just have her running around looking confused for basically the whole movie - seriously? You can do better.