Sabotage (2014)
Running time: 109 minutes (1 hour, 49 minutes)
MPAA – R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and drug use
DIRECTOR: David Ayer
WRITERS: David Ayer and Skip Woods
PRODUCERS: David Ayer, Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Palak Patel, and Ethan Smith
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bruce McCleery (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Dody Dorn
COMPOSER: David Sardy
CRIME/THRILLER with elements of action, drama and mystery
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia Williams, Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway, Terrence Howard, Mireille Enos, Harold Perrineau, Max Martini, Kevin Vance, Mark Schlegel, and Martin Donovan
Sabotage is a 2014 crime thriller co-written and directed by David Ayer. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite DEA task force that is being hunted after they take money from a drug cartel safe house.
Sabotage focuses on John “Breacher” Wharton (Arnold Schwarzenegger), the commander of an elite Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Special Operations Team. During a raid on a drug cartel safe house, the team steals 10 million dollars from the cartel's massive stash of cash. However, the team members are unable to hide the fact that some of the cartel's money is missing from their DEA superiors, and the money also disappears from the place where the team hid it.
Six months later, team members find themselves being murdered one by one. Wharton joins local police Investigator Caroline Brentwood (Olivia Williams) in an attempt to discover who is killing members of his team. Why are they being killed? Where is the money? Are the answers closer than Wharton and Brentwood would like to admit?
Sabotage is a muddled mess. In many of these reviews, I talk about what the movie should have been or could have been. Sometimes, I even guess what story the director and writer(s) were trying to tell. In the case of Sabotage, I am not sure what the filmmakers wanted to give us.
There are some good actors in this movie, but it still manages to seem miscast. What is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing here? He looks old and tired, while delivering some of the worst acting of his career; this might be the worst of his career. There are some good moments in Sabotage, even some compelling and thrilling moments. Sabotage had potential...
3 of 10
C-
Friday, September 5, 2014
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