![]() ![]() She does this to a point but she needed help that never came and it is a shame to see that she still really hasn't had the chance to turn herself into the female star for the audience that still turns out for Van Damme etc films. I was bored for too much of the film and when the action did splutter into life, it seemed determined not to build any drama and instead left it to the tough presence of the lead to do the heavy lifting. This she does and the end result is perhaps a few good fight scenes but generally the film lacks tension and (ironically) real impact. The plot sees her husband go missing and, with no help from authorities and far from home, Carano has to take matters into her own hands. Unfortunately this is the tone for the whole film – clunkiness. So far so good (in a twisted way) as I assumed we were just clearing stuff out of the way to make more room for tension and action. Any doubts that I may have had that the film would not be a b-movie were dispelled pretty quickly as the film wheeled out the plot with no real effort to fill in backstory beyond one flashback sequences then lots of clunking dialogue to inform us the husband is from a wealthy family and other bits of information. Despite not really having been taken by Gina Carano's previous film, I decided to give this one a try as I thought that maybe a simpler and more stripped down film may suit her better – she is essentially a b- movie star in the making, so I was interested to see her let loose in a much more genre vehicle where the film would have no interest but to play to her strengths. ![]()
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