Mile 22 2018

     James Silva is an operative of the CIA’s most highly prized and least understood unit.  He is the head of Mile 22.  This is the code name of a top-secret tactical command team.  The current job of the team is to retrieve and transport an asset.  Li Noor holds life-threatening information.  It concerns Mile 22 and he needs extraction before his enemies close in on him.

     There is a LOT going on in this film and a LOT of action.  But, the personal ticks presented by the character James Silvas played by Mark Wahlberg are tiring after a few scenes?  We get the message right away and it doesn’t take a head pounding to get it??  There are some circumstances about their mission and the outcome that are not clear?  If you have a lot of gunfights, fist fights, kicking fights, why have information??  This film could have been a LOT better!!  2 ½* (this movie was just so-so)

94 min, Action directed by Peter Berg with Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Rhonda Rousey, Carlo Alban, Natasha Goubskaya, Chae-rin-Lee, Sam Medina, Keith Arthur Bolden, Billy Smith.

Note:  Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 23% critic 45% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Metacritic 38 out of 100 with 36 critics 5 of 10 with 73 reviews, Indie Wire D-, Amazon Video 3.4* of 5* with 673 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Bogota, Colombia and Atlanta Georgia.  The house featured in the opening scene had a break-in shortly after production.  The intruders didn’t take anything because the owner was home.  Authorities and the owner believe it was the Hollywood lights that attracted them to the house?  The setting of the story develops in Asia but filming was done in Colombia.  This was because of concerns about the security of the crew.  Usually, most films depicting Colombia have been shot in Mexico or another location.  This is because of safety concerns because of the drug wars.