Review of Sabotage (2014) by Panta O — 04 Oct 2014

It seems that this is one of those movies hated by the critics, and I really cannot understand why! It is a crime action movie with everything it needs, directed by David Ayer, written by Skip Woods and Ayer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This was one of his best roles, and he finally shows his acting skills! And they are not bad at all compared with the earlier movies he made.

The story of John "Breacher" Wharton (Arnold Schwarzenegger) was a rough one and too bloody at the moments, but the action of this leader of an elite team of DEA agents from the Special Ops Division was what audience expected from the team involved. And the members of the team were well casted James "Monster" Murray (Sam Worthington) and his wife Lizzy Murray (Mireille Enos), Joe "Grinder" Philips (Joe Manganiello), Julius "Sugar" Edmonds (Terrence Howard), Eddie "Neck" Jordan (Josh Holloway), Tom "Pyro" Roberts (Max Martini), Bryce "Tripod" McNeely (Kevin Vance), and "Smoke" Jennings (Mark Schlegel). Everything starts with a raid on a cartel warehouse, in which Smoke - one of the team members is killed, and the team steals $10 million of the cartel's money. But mysteriously the money disappears, and their superior Floyd Demel (Martin Donovan) finds out about it and suspends them for several months, during which they are investigated for the theft. Of course, with no concrete evidence of their participation they are reinstated... but one by one they were hunted by someone!

If you are up for an action movie which is more a mystery-thriller that actually offers Arnold Schwarzenegger and the cool ensemble a chance to act and not just shoot guns, try this one at night.