Directed by:
Matthew ReillyCinematography:
Ross EmeryComposer:
Michael LiraCast:
Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Rhys Muldoon, Colin Friels, Zoe Carides, Marcus Johnson, Belinda Jombwe, Paul Caesar, Chris Hemsworth, Kim Knuckey (more)VOD (1)
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The tough and reality-bruised Captain JJ Collins (Elsa Pataky) finds herself in charge of a lone nuclear missile interceptor base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after she is wrongfully drummed out of her dream job at the Pentagon. When a simultaneous coordinated attack then threatens the base itself, Collins comes face-to-face with the charismatic yet crooked Alexander Kessel (Luke Bracey), a former US military intelligence officer intent on carrying out an unthinkable plan. With only minutes on the clock, Collins must utilize her years of tactical training and military expertise to determine who she can trust and stop Kessel and his covert mercenaries from completing their twisted and terrible mission. (Netflix)
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Elsa Pataky protects a military station in the middle of the ocean that is supposed to shoot nuclear bombs out of the sky. Against her are a bunch of criminals, a lousy script, boring direction and a small budget. Interceptor is an uninteresting action movie with at best mediocre fights and shootouts, a rubbish villain, one good fatality and a lot of bullshit in two rooms. Cheap, cheap, boring. Waste of time.
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It's been said that this is a female variation of Die Hard, but let's be honest, it's a pretty bad one. The action is undeniably B-grade, and Elsa Pataky just didn't fit the role for me.
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I was expecting a solid old-school action film, but instead, I got a straight-up C-movie. I can’t believe Netflix took this on and presented it as some sort of top-tier entertainment—it’s baffling. Even the opening scene, with the whole crew playing out like some terrible parody with a budget that clearly stopped at a minimal number of zeros, sets the tone. Elsa Pataky has nothing to work with; the script does her no favors (such dreadful lines aren’t seen every day). On the plus side, a few scenes aren’t afraid to dive into brutality, so there’s at least something positive. The twists are quite absurd, the main antagonist is forgettable, and the CGI for the rockets was laughable (I’d love to see such a trajectory of nuclear missiles in real life). The ending, with the hanging and one-handed jumping, just added to the absurdity. The worst part is that the film takes itself seriously. Someone must have fallen off the turnip truck. It just can’t be rationally explained. At least Chris Hemsworth’s cameo was worth something. I give it 2/10.
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