A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Elsa Pataky
JJ Collins
Luke Bracey
Alexander Kessel
Aaron Glenane
Beaver Baker
Belinda Jombwe
Ensign Washington
Mayen Mehta
Rahul Shah
Paul Caesar
Captain Lou Welsh
Marcus Johnson
General Dyson
Rhys Muldoon
Clark Marshall
Colin Friels
Frank Collins
Zoe Carides
President Wallace
Ingrid Kleinig
Kira
Steve Morris
Mikael
Dariusz Paczyński
Terrorist Leader
Mark Dessaix
Game Theory Strategist
Janelle McMenamin
Fox News Anchor
Tim Wong
Zhang
Caspar Hardaker
Ivan
Chris Weir
Wade
Steven A. Davis
Nikolai
Kim Knuckey
General Crowthorne
Ché Baker
Corporal Swain
Cristian Lavin
Russian Submarine Captain
Sam Hargrave
Russian Sniper
Brigid Zengeni
Countdown Computer (voice)
Nick Barker-Pendree
CNN News Anchor
Cathy-Di Zhang
News Anchor
Deniz Akdeniz
Lieutenant Sam Harris
Riley Dandy
Holly Simmons
Tim Draxl
Frantic Soldier
Nick Drummond
Frantic Soldier
Duncan Ragg
Frantic Soldier
Matt Doran
Chopper Captain
Ric Herbert
Air Traffic Control
Gregory Washington
Air Traffic Control
Chris Hemsworth
TV Salesman (uncredited)
Director, Story, Writer
Matthew Reilly
Writer
Stuart Beattie
June 7, 2022
2
The premise, as an elevator pitch, might have worked.
With some research, a good script, and some solid acting and direction, this might have been a good, entertaining action flick. But it isn't.
No-one bothered to do a tiny bit of research to make the scenario, the tech, the military babble or insignias at least somewhat OK-ish. The CGI is a the level YT kids do these days, and the story is threadbare recycled fare. Plus, as some complained, too much "woke BS" - I intended to go along with some plot elements at first, but it's so coarsely piled on, it becomes unbearable. And don't get me started on the "acting".
As audience, we are making a deal with the moviemakers. We provide some suspension of disbelief, accept some bits that aren't realistic, and they put in some effort to accommodate us in this regard. Unless they are lazy as in this case. Then it becomes insulting how little they think of us.
Action stars don't need to have real acting chops; if they do, it is a very welcome addition, and can mean actual stardom. But the least we can expect is Expendables-level effort.
There is still a niche for old-fashioned save-the-world-action flicks, I'm sure of that. But stuff like this is just a crappy waste of viewer's time.
2 of 10, 1 of which for the director as an encouragement that your first failure doesn't have to mean an entirely failed career. Try again!
Everybody else: please don't do another thing like this, even if it is a favour for your wife.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00