SummaryAfter being mysteriously framed for a terrorist bombing, a Foreign Service Officer (Milla Jovovich) must evade government capture and death by a ruthless assassin (Pierce Brosnan) in order to stop the real perpetrators’ master-plan.
SummaryAfter being mysteriously framed for a terrorist bombing, a Foreign Service Officer (Milla Jovovich) must evade government capture and death by a ruthless assassin (Pierce Brosnan) in order to stop the real perpetrators’ master-plan.
The film is particularly disappointing as McTeigue also directed V for Vendetta, a much sharper, much more intriguing, much more thought-provoking look at our post-9/11 world.
Survivor, predictable, short and shallow ticking clock thriller that it is, is more “Three Days of the Condor” than “Taken.” And thanks to its stars, it’s more engrossing and fun than it has any right to be.
this is great action movie all of the actors are very good the places where they film this movie are so beautiful...........i will watch it again (^_^)
Director James McTeigue frequently collaborates with the visionary Wachowski siblings, and he directed V for Vendetta. How the man who blew up Parliament in such memorably spectacular fashion can’t add some originality to Philip Shelby’s script is the movie’s only real mystery.
Survivor (2015) is an intense and enjoyable thriller that is, albeit not entirely original nor twisted, seemingly interesting, and that is because of the cast ensemble in this shameless propaganda.
I liked a lot of the actors, especially McDermott... but even Mila's acting was bad. The story was decent but it wasn't executed and the ending **** pretty bad. The journey to get to the ending was decent but it failed in the end.
The previous reviewer, "quincytheodore," did a very nice job of summing up the movie. Oddly, as I am usually kind of a tough critic, I was not terribly disappointed with "Survivor." Because it does have a stellar cast, I was happy to just go along for the ride. There are many silly anomalies: as one with a passing knowledge of firearms, you don't shoot a case-hardened padlock at close range, unless you have death wish, especially when it's attached to a cheesy hasp that you could just kick in; while on the run and shopping, our heroine never bothers to purchase a little make-up kit to guise her substantial facial injuries; likewise, since she is "on-the-run" I could not understand why she replaced her high heels with high-heeled boots instead of running shoes; the dramatic denouement was only possible because of an encounter that put a pistol in her hands... otherwise, "Sayonara New York City!" Etc, etc.I, too, was annoyed by the gratuitous dire warning at the closing credits. When our own Department of Defense sends live anthrax viruses to 11 locations in America, I think we should be doing due-diligence of another kind... not to mention the 4,000,000,000 + personnel records that were hacked this week from federal government files! Anyway, the competent filming and engaging actors made this worth the watching.
This is an action Sunday movie in its entirety, there is some degree of emotion and it manages to keep you entertained, but it has huge errors that do not facilitate its enjoyment. Survivor is without a doubt a forgettable action movie.
I have to agree with quincytheadore - even a solid cast and terrific acting cant't redeem a film built around preposterous, underwhelming script. By the finale I felt more cheated than thrilled.