But unlike the similarly high-octane stunts in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, most of the ones rendered here are so cartoonish and divorced from reality that they induce more laughs than gasps. A man with a strict moral code, he doesn’t carry a gun, forcing him to use a wide variety of objects-at-hand to dispatch a seemingly endless series of opponents, somehow managing to never muss up his perfectly tailored suit in the process.ĭirector Camille Delamarre ( Brick Mansions) and his collaborators have devised a few nifty sequences, including a Jackie Chan-style fight scene in which Frank uses an array of file cabinet drawers to dispatch his opponents, and a car’s flying leap into an airport terminal through which it proceeds to wreak vehicular havoc. When they reveal that they are holding his father prisoner and have given him poison that will kill him within 12 hours, Frank is coerced into helping them get revenge on the Russian human trafficker who forced them into prostitution 15 years earlier.īut that’s all a mere excuse for a relentless series of action set pieces in which Frank demonstrates that he’s as skilled in mixed martial arts as he is at high-speed driving through the narrow streets of the French Riviera without running over any innocent bystanders. Speaking of plot, what little there is has something to do with Frank being hired by gorgeous femme fatale Anna ( Loan Chabanol) and her trio of similarly beautiful, blonde-wigged accomplices. Read More Cate Blanchett to Play Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin-Penned Biopic Unfortunately, the character’s spy skills seriously leave something to be desired, as the plot hinges on his getting kidnapped not once but twice in the course of 24 hours. The actor is clearly having a good time playing Frank’s dad - he persistently addresses his son as “Junior” - a rakish Evian sales rep who’s not so secretly a government agent. Fortunately, Ray Stevenson is on hand to provide some necessary energy to the proceedings.

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