Without Remorse
3/5
So usually I give Tom Clancy films a miss, they always follow the same formula and play out exactly identically. However, the casting of known good actor Michael B Jordan, mixed with a good amount of covid boredom led to me checking this film out and I’m mixed. The film does have some good parts such as the action, but at the same time it suffers all of the usual Clancy problems- best shown in the third act.
During the third act there is a moment where the heroes say the villains are bad because they kill some Russian police officers, only to moments later go out and do exactly the same thing, and it makes no sense. I get that the finale needs a big action set piece, but really why not just take out the line where they say doing what they were about to do is bad when the villains do it and save on the plot hole
Michael B. Jordan is strong here and he really sells the physicality of the role and you can believe him being an actual special forces soldier. There are a number of scenes here when the power of Jordan’s acting rises above the shall we say limited script, and that I believe proves how he is an outstanding talent.
Overall, there are positive moments to be found here, but there is also a lot of generic filler that even those dedicated to the action genre might find hard to watch.
Pros.
Michael B. Jordan
The action
Jamie Bell.
Cons.
It is generic
The ending is not satisfying
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