Ah, Rami Malek, Hollywoods new blue-eyed boy, after the success of Bohemian Rhapsody. After his turn as a smaller sized Freddie Mercury, the industry sought him like the way we keep on signing up for a new social media app. Not sure that is an app, I mean, apt comparison, but he’s the man of the season.
Unfortunately, the only thing helping him in this film, as
far as performances go, is his bug-eyed appearance. Surely, it helped. For
sometimes, then it becomes a routine.
Here’s the story summary, I picked up from MRQE.com, “After
his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist
attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own
hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.”
It’s a techno/revenge thriller which do manage to be quiet entertaining till we have to convince ourselves of the incredulity being a techie (in this case, Rami is a CIA programmer) who takes off on a revenge spree while evading his masters who then goes after his ass.
As with most of thrillers of this genre, the journey is fun
and they just don’t know how to sustain the momentum in the climax. This film
suffers from it. As one reviewer mentioned, the whole film is constructed into
having best scenes crafted for a trailer (see my review on Drop).
So, it’s another good popcorn fare that you will immediately forget after digesting it. It will do well in the OTT, I figure.
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