*Spoiler Alert* It doesn't take long to trim down most of the rookie SWAT team except for the young dashing hero, the wounded survivor, the ethically by-the-book sergeant, and the shifty, hidden agenda Lieutenant. With their team cut to pieces, the only way for them to survive is to push forward and complete their objective. The plot is very simple with a couple of twists in the second half.
The simplicity of the film, in my opinion, was nice departure from the layered, politically charged, and/or multi- faceted action flicks that have come out in the last few years that almost seem like they’re preaching about the state of the world as much as entertaining an audience. This movie is almost purely machine guns and martial arts, both of which are plentiful and awesome. The characters are about what you would expect. The good guys are honorable, the bad guys are horrible, and there are a couple of morally ambiguous characters to bring some humanity to the picture - but not too much, which in this case is good. One of my favorite characters, who should be included in a couple of most bad-ass bad guy lists, is Mad Dog, one of the crime lord’s lieutenants, who stands five foot nothing and can fight like nobody’s business. If you’re looking for any kind of social commentary, you’re not going to find it. But if you’re looking for some hard core, old fashioned, bloody violent, good guy vs. bad guy action, this is a good one to see.
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