In my view…
This film is about intelligence services, politics, attacks and attempts of attacking and it is quite realistic. Well it seems realistic from a citizen point of view. A life at an embassy in a foreign country and what if a war – be it partially digital – is going on and you seek safety at an embassy. Those questions pop up when you are watching the film. Because the story is about a group of agents who are formed together as a special unit with a special mission to get another special agent out of his – for the agents a foreign – country. The story-line is very complex, it doesn’t look like it at the beginning but every little aspect plays a role which gets clear in the last five minutes of the film.
The first part of the film is well thought-through, every character get its form and there is a lot of violence. Now and then good combat and towards the end of the film it is too much and too quick, no slow-motions in combat and too quick play. Especially the plot which is told in just five minutes. And then you realise the beginning was a start of flashback storytelling. It was not that clear to me in the first part of the film.
The main character, a genius agent named Silva, is played by Mark Wahlberg. He plays a very good role of this high energetic, now and then aggressive and quiet, character. There is rarely a dull moment in the film but the actions are a bit too quick. And how the character named Silva is in the end is like…too easy or is it because he is a highly intelligent person and was one of the most intelligent characters in the film plot? The rest of the characters are not so in-depth explained.
Trailer:
In my reviews I am writing in descriptive facts and if the story was clear.. Not telling about the story itself too much – never do in my film reviews – you have to see the film yourself and make your own opinion. I hope you like the film.
Film Facts:
Title: Mile 22
Genre: Action / Adventure / Crime
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Graham Roland
Screenwriter: Lea Carpenter
Country: USA
Language spoken: English / Indonesian / Russian
Release Date: 18 October 2018 (NL)
Time: 94 minutes
Production Companies: STX Entertainment / Huayi Brothers Pictures / Aperture Media Partners
IMDb rating: 6,1 / 10
Rating: 7 / 10
Top 25 Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg / James Silva
- Lauren Cohan / Alice Kerr
- Iko Uwais / Li Noor
- John Malkovich / Bishop
- Ronda Rousey ./ Sam Snow
- Carlo Alban / William Douglas III
- Natasha Goubskaya / Vera
- Chae-rin Lee / Queen (as Chae Rin Lee)
- Sam Medina / Axel
- Keith Arthur Bolden / King
- Jenique Hendrix / Knight
- Billy Smith / Rook
- Myke Holmes / Pawn
- Emily Skeggs / M.I.T.
- Terry Kinney / Johnny Porter
- Brandon Scales / Jacob Stone
- Poorna Jagannathan / Dorothy Brady
- Peter Berg / Lucas
- Elle Graham / India
- Nikolai Nikolaeff / Aleksander
- Ariel Felix / Deputy Foreign Minister
- Tom Astor / Technician
- Kate Rigg / Miss Moon
- Lourdes Perea / Girl
- Tatiana Ronderos / Mother