Or a pretty close facsimile of drama. This is the most serious he's been but not to the exclusion of who he really is.
This mystery-thriller follows a top, renegade DEA team through a cartel safe house raid and the subsequent attacks on the team triggered by said raid when $10M is found to be missing from a pallet of cash. The Atlanta PD gets involved via Olivia Williams who plays a role unlike anything I've seen her do before. Dressing mannishly she manages to affect a Southern accent that adds quirky charm to her character. Speaking of which, the whole team of notables is a veritable circus of well-developed characters who act as one until they start to die one by one.
This film has a close up, handheld POV for the most part. It really adds to the grittiness of the subject and the characters. The dialog is snappy and there are plenty twists and turns from beginning to end. The violence is gruesome but not non-stop.
For an Ahnold movie, I enjoyed this one. It has a lot going for it with strong performances and a good script. Plus, this film far out does its trailer. You have no idea what is really going down.
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Topic - 'Sabotage': Ahnold does drama . . . - Billy Wonka 15:30:50 03/29/14 (26)
- Reviews... - mkuller 19:35:15 03/30/14 (7)
- Ditto Ahnuld over Stallone. Our rag gave it an F. Guess I gotta go see it now^ - Road Warrior 21:32:52 03/30/14 (6)
- You won't be disappointed . . . - Billy Wonka 19:34:29 03/31/14 (2)
- I think I liked End Of Watch more than Training Day - Road Warrior 23:07:21 03/31/14 (1)
- RE: I think I liked End Of Watch more than Training Day - mkuller 16:14:35 04/02/14 (0)
- For me... - mkuller 22:15:20 03/30/14 (2)
- I bet that 99.9% of the time…. nt - tinear 09:59:34 03/31/14 (0)
- Dallas Morning News review was pure entertainment - Road Warrior 08:40:54 03/31/14 (0)
- Haven't seen it, but from clips, it seems he's upping his "serious" acting game. - free.ranger 18:20:09 03/29/14 (14)
- Don't the le Carré spies exude intelligence and cunning? Intelligence is the one thing you - tinear 08:46:06 03/30/14 (12)
- A backwater Austrian musclehead comes to America . . . - Billy Wonka 15:17:32 03/30/14 (10)
- Reagan was as dumb as a post. Success doesn't always equal intelligence. - tinear 10:01:42 03/31/14 (8)
- Actually, Reagan is 13th smartest on Rankopedia. - geoffkait 16:37:14 03/31/14 (4)
- I'll go with those who weren't his cronies. The universal opinion, and I saw and - tinear 12:44:14 04/01/14 (1)
- No correspondence? That's actually pretty smart, no? - geoffkait 13:45:22 04/01/14 (0)
- Hard to believe... - mkuller 18:22:13 03/31/14 (1)
- Carter was close. Besides, - geoffkait 06:03:49 04/01/14 (0)
- He was smart enough to bankrupt the Ruskies. Nt - geoffkait 14:22:23 03/31/14 (2)
- It was... - mkuller 18:48:27 04/01/14 (1)
- I suspect Reagan - geoffkait 06:26:42 04/02/14 (0)
- Not to mention... - mkuller 19:38:43 03/30/14 (0)
- Where did you get the idea he's stupid? Not very realistic. - free.ranger 11:24:31 03/30/14 (0)
- The governator has had some serious heart work . . . - Billy Wonka 18:53:00 03/29/14 (0)
- A better actor than guvhah? Wouldn't take much. I wonder how - tinear 17:09:07 03/29/14 (2)
- Actually his real gift was comedy. It's not a tum-ah! Nt - geoffkait 09:05:23 03/30/14 (0)
- The trailer I found . . . - Billy Wonka 18:55:00 03/29/14 (0)