Arnold
Schwarzenegger in a lead role was bound to generate some interest if not too
much. His last huge role was T3. Bit movies since then such as The Last Stand (http://kartikr.blogspot.in/2013/01/the-last-stand-2013.html)
and Escape Plan and a side role in Expendables.
However, what we get is a very flat movie in most aspects that we
associate with Arnie dear. And I say so as a disappointed fan.
The story does
make for interesting viewing but the execution is where David Ayer falls short
by a few country miles. Jack "Breacher" is the leader of a Special
Task Force created by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and has a very solid
team. Each one of them is a character in herself/himself. And they have several
interesting nicknames to boot.
The least
interesting nickname is Lizzie (Mirielle Enos) - only girl in the group. We
have Lizzie's husband Monster (Sam Worthington), Sugar (Terence Howard),
Grinder (Joe Manganiello), Neck (Josh Holloway), Pyro (Max Martini), Tripod
(Kevin Vance) and Smoke (Mark Schlegel). The 9 of them are almost like family.
Breacher is their "Big Daddy" and does everything to take care of
them.
On a planned
drug bust where nearly $800 million in cash is about to be recovered, they
decide to siphon off $10 million. A plan set by Breacher and agreed to by the
team. Only, when they get back to recover their stash from a sewer, they find
that someone has got to it before. To make matters worse, the FBI catches on
and grills them to hell and back.
Nothing comes
out of the investigation because our heroes are tight lipped. But when they get
back to the force, they start getting picked out by the cartel - who normally
doesn't take kindly to money going missing. Loosely based on Agatha Christie's
classic - 10 Little Niggers (aka - And then there were none), Sabotage provides
for very weak entertainment in any department.
To begin with,
in a movie that has Arnie in the lead, you should have at least 2-3 punchlines
that the big man needs to deliver. Lines that at least come close to "I'll
be baak". There is none. In fact, the dialogue is flat as a bottle of soda
that someone opened 2 weeks back. There is no punch in any of the action
sequences. The script is predictable and boring. To make matters worse, the
narration is slower than a snail (and I'm not talking about Turbo).
I am not sure if
the actors were over awed by the presence of Arnold but they all seemed lack
lustre. All except Mirielle Enos who plays the role of the druggie DEA agent in
a man's world with ease and punch. She is firecracker but a lot of it had to do
with the meat in the role. Arnold looks and acts old. The rest of the cast is
equally lack lustre. The below par action (I'm repeating myself because of the
great disappointment) don't help.
Hard core Arnie
and action fans will be disappointed with Sabotage. If you really want to catch
up with this one, I suggest you wait for it to come on Satellite or Cable. The
atrocious ticket prices (even PVR Mulund has raised to 150) are not justified
for this one. 4 on 10 for a decent story and a fab performance from Mirielle
Enos.
Watch the
trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1911925273/
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