Film Review: Sabotage

Expectations sabotaged by a lack of fun.

A moment of fun amidst a whole lot of not.
A moment of fun amidst a whole lot of not.

Don’t let the above image fool you.  This is not a fun, explosive, Arnold film.  When a movie trailer brags that it features the director of End of Watch and the writer of Training Day, ears perk up!  So why doesn’t this film even come close to capturing the cinematic value of these two prior films?…It’s because Sabotage, the new film directed by David Ayer (Street Kings) and starring the former Governator (Collateral Damage), is a load of gruesome violence packaged into a cop drama wannabe that lacks purpose and explanation…as well as non-expletive dialogue.

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Film Review: The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Last Stand
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Last Stand

starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville and Jaimie Alexander

screenplay: Andrew Knauer

directed by: Jee-Woon Kim

MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language

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