Mile 22

I often had trouble understanding what was going on, and since all the characters come off as arrogant jerks, I also found it hard to care.

Almost all of this message is drowned out by the sound of big guns heaving.

If you fancy 90 minutes of nameless extras getting shot in the face, go ahead. Otherwise, it's mostly the sh---iest of sh---y s--t.

An interesting experiment but not a successful one.

It's hard to describe the movie as anything other than Tom Clancy gone ballistic, and not in a good way.

What the heck is going on? Why the heck am I still watching this? These will be your two dominant thoughts while enduring this preposterously violent action nonsense.

Why hire such a skilled martial artist like Iko Uwais when you’re just going to bury his choreography and stunt work under a tsunami of shaky cam and rapid editing?

It forces audiences to endure a ridiculous central performance that single-handedly derails the entire movie.

There is absolutely no way of knowing what's going on, who's fighting who, who's shooting what.

Wants to make a statement about the murky depths our protectors brave to keep us safe but ends up expending more ammunition than insight.