Review of Interceptor (2022) by Disco — 03 Jun 2022

Ugh. Nobody can argue with the historically inadequate representation in movies and TV of women and minorities. Efforts to balance that out expectedly bring the great, the good, the bad, and the just plain forgettable movies and TV shows. Sadly for the waaayyyy talented Elsa Pataky, this ain't the script to have picked. Like unsweetened oatmeal, this one is a blandly generic, predictable, rehashed, and uncompelling thriller (Inigo Montoya would definitely take issue with the use of the word 'thriller' to describe this movie). The only better parts of the movie were Elsa's performances where she WASN'T dealing with the cardboard cutout bad guys. Ruby Rose or Megan Fox would have been a more fitting pick for this dull, cliche-filled flick. Here's your shocking spoiler: Psyhco, unapologetically misogynistic men take over a critically important but laughably secured military base. Only one damaged officer, unfairly treated by the army because of her gender, can save the day in spite of the inept cast of supporting male characters. But wait, there's more! Lol, no not really.

I'll watch for Elsa's next release and continue to hope and pray for WAAAAYYYY better scripts for women rather than this type of lazy, counter-productive writing.