Channing Tatum is a former Army Ranger, unwillingly retired by TBI. Lulu is a former Army Ranger K9, unwillingly retired by handler death. The two are teamed up on a cross country trip and become friends, each saving the other. Predictable, bland, and remarkably avoiding the traditional sympathetic dog emotions.
2 stars (out of 5)
It has been quite some time since I have seen a Jason Statham action thriller. In this Guy Ritchie directed adventure, Statham is a highly trained killer who goes undercover to avenge the death of his kid. As expected, the characters are at best 1 dimensional. What you see is what you get, and the only motivation and personality is built to serve the action and killing. It is a straight up revenge thriller. The two things of note here are 1: the telling of the heist story is at least moderately interesting, including the mechanism of flash back, flash forward and 2: the soundtrack is effective and building tension. Unfortunately, for the soundtrack, the effectiveness was diminished as time developed since tension can't really build for an entire 2 hours. For example, the tension building soundtrack played the first 10 minutes straight, with no payoff. Eventually, my brain tuned it out. Actually, I got exactly what I expected from this formula of a movie.
3 stars (out of 5)
