[A] cinematic bag of pain.

The plot and its over-reliance on double- and triple-crosses leaves far too many questions unanswered, to the point where it's a struggle to determine which side are the villains, although Pepper's kindly nature suggests he's one of the good guys.

The idea of getting to see a great actor like Pepper, who has impressed for so long as a character actor in supporting parts, getting his own franchise with an action star role is certainly exciting.

A typically underused Barry Pepper finally gets his moment to shine, it's just a shame that the quality of the script doesn't match that of his performance