It seems like after the comeback
of Arnold he is not making any positive headlines. The Last Stand (2013) and
Escape Plan (2013) both have being quite dull. And his this year’s supposedly block
buster Sabotage is also not making big waves. True that action movies are not
for Oscars. But when it comes to Arnold it was used to make some sense. Sabotage
is an action + slasher movie hybrid. But the problem is it doesn’t do neither
right. There are certain things that make you watch it till the predictable
end. But once you’re done you will quickly move over. Yet for serial action
movie lovers there are plenty of things to enjoy. But Arnold is not one of
them.
The movie is based on a gang of
hardcore DEA agents who pulls out a lethal raid on a drug cartel safe house and
volt. And after attempting to steal 10 million dollars from it the whole gang
goes out of commission and gets investigated by the high up. But after many
months the investigation gets cleared and they get reinstated to find out that
their team is one by one getting murdered by someone.
While the action part of it is
done quite good the whole ridiculous plot and twists makes Sabotage a disaster.
There are twists in side twists and when the whole show reveals itself there is
not enough juice to fire up the big engine. Maybe if this was straight forward
like those good old 80’s action flicks it could have done ok. Or maybe the
action and the plot doesn’t fit well together. And the other noticeable element
is that Sabotage is over the top gruesome. But sadly that red stuff is not
adding value than disgust.
However keeping all that aside
the viewers would watch this till the end only because it has this extra pumped
action figures and big bullets flying in all directions. Director David Ayer
has made sure that those were done right.
Director: David Ayer
Genre: Action | Crime
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