Solid action flick which sees Antonio Banderas transform into a grizzled, nihilistic, world-weary action hero. He’s great, even if he does still sound like Puss in Boots. He’s an ex-army captain with an estranged family and a vague allusion to some form of mental illness (that’s never properly explored), who takes a minimum wage job as a security guard in a shopping mall. “I’m not here to rock the boat,” he says to the night manager, before a girl fleeing from the scene of a violent crime pounds on the doors seeking refuge. Two minutes later and Ben Kingsley rocks up oozing sophisticated villainous charm with his own battle-ready private militia to smash through the doors and reclaim the girl. As soon as you can say “Die Hard in a shopping mall”, we have a good, old-fashioned stand-off on our hands, with Banderas leading a brat-pack of security slackers in a fight against Kingsley’s disposable army equipped only with rudimentary weapons like arrows, tasers and homemade nail bombs. The baddies are led by former MMA fighter, Cung Le, who gets a nice showdown with Banderas in one of the only fight scenes in the film. Its all quite forgettable, but fun while it lasts.
- Country: United States
- Action Director: Borislav Iliev
- Directed by: Alain Desrochers
- Starring: Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, Chad Lindberg, Cung Le, Gabriella Wright, Jiro Wang, Katherine de la Rocha, Liam McIntyre
- Produced by: David Harris, Gisella Marengo, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon
- Written by: John Sullivan, Tony Mosher
- Studio: Millennium Films, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Security Productions