MILE 22 is another movie featuring Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg teaming up with actor-turned director Peter Berg; I watched their DEEPWATER HORIZON last year and really enjoyed it, so was hoping for a lot from this. Sadly, the end result is something of a mixed bag. The story is okay (similar to NO ESCAPE crossed with 16 BLOCKS) but the script is quite poor, which leads to incessant profanity and a mildly annoying character performance from Wahlberg, although Lauren Cohan is better.
The film moves at a fair old clip, which is a definite plus, and features the undeniable talents of martial arts superstar Iko Uwais. He lets rip in a couple of fight scenes that manage to overcome the shaky cam and quickfire editing thanks to their sheer speed and brutality. The second half of the movie picks up nicely and if it does end on a bit of a silly twist then we can still forgive it that, but given the resources available here I'd expected something more of an action classic. MILE 22 is fun, but not something you'd want to watch on repeat (like THE RAID films, for example).
The film moves at a fair old clip, which is a definite plus, and features the undeniable talents of martial arts superstar Iko Uwais. He lets rip in a couple of fight scenes that manage to overcome the shaky cam and quickfire editing thanks to their sheer speed and brutality. The second half of the movie picks up nicely and if it does end on a bit of a silly twist then we can still forgive it that, but given the resources available here I'd expected something more of an action classic. MILE 22 is fun, but not something you'd want to watch on repeat (like THE RAID films, for example).