Alexander Kessel
Luke Bracey
Beaver Baker
Aaron Glenane
Ensign Washington
Belinda Jombwe
Captain Lou Welsh
Paul Caesar
General Dyson
Marcus Johnson
Clark Marshall
Rhys Muldoon
Frank Collins
Colin Friels
President Wallace
Zoe Carides
Terrorist Leader
Dariusz Paczyński
Game Theory Strategist
Mark Dessaix
Russian Sub Captain
Cristian Saliadarre
(uncredited)
Chris Hemsworth
Production Design
George Liddle
Costume Designer
Liz Keogh
Executive Producer
Christopher Mapp
Director of Photography
Ross Emery
Executive Producer
Kathy Morgan
Executive Producer
Chris Hemsworth
Original Music Composer
Michael Lira
Executive Producer
Peter D. Graves
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Paul Katte
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nick Nicolaou
Script Supervisor
Susie Struth
Sound Designer
Sam Hayward
Supervising Sound Editor
Angus Robertson
Second Unit Director of Photography
Frank Flick
First Assistant Director
Robert Donaldson
Stunt Coordinator
Chris Weir
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stuart White
Executive Producer
Robert Slaviero
Makeup & Hair
Lynne O'Brien
Stunt Coordinator
Ingrid Kleinig
jw
The premise, as an elevator pitch, might have worked.
With some research, a good script, and some solid acting and direction, this might have been a good, entertaining action flick. But it isn't.
No-one bothered to do a tiny bit of research to make the scenario, the tech, the military babble or insignias at least somewhat OK-ish. The CGI is a the level YT kids do these days, and the story is threadbare recycled fare. Plus, as some complained, too much "woke BS" - I intended to go along with some plot elements at first, but it's so coarsely piled on, it becomes unbearable.
And don't get me started on the "acting".
As audience, we are making a deal with the moviemakers. We provide some suspension of disbelief, accept some bits that aren't realistic, and they put in some effort to accommodate us in this regard.
Unless they are lazy as in this case. Then it becomes insulting how little they think of us.
Action stars don't need to have real acting chops; if they do, it is a very welcome addition, and can mean actual stardom. But the least we can expect is Expendables-level effort.
There is still a niche for old-fashioned save-the-world-action flicks, I'm sure of that. But stuff like this is just a crappy waste of viewer's time.
2 of 10, 1 of which for the director as an encouragement that your first failure doesn't have to mean an entirely failed career. Try again!
Everybody else: please don't do another thing like this, even if it is a favour for your wife.
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