D’uh Border

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin hits the movies again as Jim Rhodes, an US Border Patrol Agent who keeps watch over a point proximate to the Canadian border, and one daughter Kim (Marie Avgeropoulos) who does not think too much of him, in Hunt to Kill. An unrelated heist gone wrong in a different city has the quintessential posse of villains enter Jim and Kim’s life, and take them hostage in their quest for a way across the border. Much violence (surprised?) and general cleaning-up of the riffraff expectedly ensue. Clearly not a movie to step into with exalted expectations, and nothing unexpectedly exalted to take away either . Notably, the movie re-unites Steve Austin, Gary Daniels and Eric Roberts for the first time since The Expendables

10/20

Lights Camera and All Action

If The Expendables were to be renamed, An Ode to Action may well suit. Sylvester Stallone pulls together a panoply of stars – some current (Jason Statham) others of yesteryears (Dolph Lundgren) – all from the world of action. The overlay is a deliberately loose storyline – opening with a quick sequence on nailing a band of Somali pirates, and then getting down to the business of ending a dictatorship and the dealings of a rogue CIA agent, in an island country in South America. While Barney Ross (Stallone) and Lee Christmas (Statham) form the lead pair, the cast and crew of good guys – Yang (Jet Li), Toll Road (Randy Couture), tattooman Tool (Mickey Rourke) and cameos from Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – is only matched by the evil bunch of Gunner (Dolph Lundgren), James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and Paine (Steve Austin). Fans will remember the movie for the one-man (or few-man) army sequences that have been missing since Rambo took a breather in Afghanistan. Sharp action, wholesome entertainment, and largely interesting dialogue – while Mickey Rourke is not quite his impactful self, Dolph Lundgren with “Insect..” was interesting. Don’t miss this little milestone in action movie history from a living legend

13.5/20