Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sylvester Stallone | ... | James Bonomo | |
Sung Kang | ... | Taylor Kwon | |
Sarah Shahi | ... | Lisa | |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | ... | Robert Nkomo Morel | |
Jason Momoa | ... | Keegan | |
Christian Slater | ... | Marcus Baptiste | |
Jon Seda | ... | Louis Blanchard | |
Holt McCallany | ... | Hank Greely | |
Brian Van Holt | ... | Ronnie Earl | |
Weronika Rosati | ... | Lola | |
Dane Rhodes | ... | LT. Lebreton | |
Marcus Lyle Brown | ... | Detective Towne | |
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Andrew Austin-Peterson | ... | Crawfish Hollow Band |
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Paul Etheredge | ... | Crawfish Hollow Band |
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Robert Cavan Carruth | ... | Crawfish Hollow Band |
In New Orleans, hit men James Bonomo, a.k.a. Jimmy Bobo, and Louis Blanchard execute dirty cop Hank Greely in a hotel room. But they are betrayed and Louis is stabbed in a bar by a mercenary named Keegan while waiting for the payment of the contract. Meanwhile, Washington D.C. police detective Taylor Kwon comes to New Orleans to investigate the murder of Greely, who had stolen evidence from the New Orleans Police Department. Soon he is shot by two dirty detectives but Jimmy saves his life. Jimmy brings Taylor to the shop of his daughter Lisa and she removes the bullet from his shoulder and nurses him. Taylor and Jimmy form the most unlikely partnership to investigate the crimes and after contacting the intermediate Ronnie Earl that had hired Jimmy and Louis, they discover a network of corruption formed by the lawyer Marcus Baptiste and the entrepreneur Robert Nkomo Morel. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 has already brought back two of the coolest, if not the coolest action heroes: Schwarzenegger and now Stallone. The funny thing about it all is that Stallone already had his returning movie last year with the Expendables 2 as it mainly focused around him. Anyways, the trailer to the movie, as many may have said, looked absolutely horrible and I didn't really have any intention of seeing this, despite Stallone being my second favorite action star. Now, I'm kinda glad I saw it The film is based around Stallone's character James who is on a rampage to avenge the death of his fellow partner who was killed. Now the story line has been done to death but there is an alliance formed which was kinda cool. The most important thing about this movie is that it isn't trying to take the story far too seriously but keeps it important and is actually very good if you look at it.
The acting in the movie can be both good and crap but we really don't care much about the acting. Its about the action and having fun and the film knows itself. It actually brings us back to the 80's Stallone we used to love and is really cool! Sure there is plenty of bad dialogue, but no one really cares about that neither with any of the other flaws all for a legit reason; because the film knows what it is.
There is plenty of digital blood which is now commonly used in all action movies and can sometimes get a tad frustrating but is not a big issue.
Overall, I can say that this movie is made for Stallone fans! Worth a watch!