Sawa (India Eisley) is hunting down the Emir who runs a child trafficking ring. She is killing off his criminal associates one at a time. The city is in chaos and underserved by the limited remaining embattled police force. Lieutenant Karl Aker (Samuel L. Jackson) is one of those few and he's helping the young female vigilante. Her parents were murdered and her father was Karl's police partner. She takes a drug for PTSD which causes memory lost.
This South African action thriller is derivative of many hot girl turned assassin flicks. It has the obligatory hot chick in a neon colored wig. The locations are grim, dirty, and reminiscent of those 90's city hell-scape movies filmed in Canada. It's a step above but it does grind the movie down. It is still interesting to have a different look from South Africa where even the windows look slightly different. In addition to the derivative story elements, my biggest issue is the drug. It's a giant red flag right from the beginning. It's too much. The clue is too big. It should be slowly revealed over the time. As soon as the memory lost is mentioned, the twist becomes obvious right away. It's another thing that grinds down the movie as I wait for the inevitable predictable turn.
