A Mark Wahlberg Classic!!
Near the end of 2018, a movie was produced like no other; this Movie is called Mile 22. The movie was released on August 17, 2018 and since then its been getting mixed reviews, but this review will help all you movie watchers decide for yourself. The movie itself has a huge star studded cast consisting of Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohan, Rhonda Rousey, and even Iko Uwais. Iko has such a great camera presence, and is unpredictable in action sequences, he just makes this movie incredibly better. It was produced by Peter Berg and written by Lea Carpenter, Berg is known for directing a lot of Wahlberg’s hit films such as Patriot’s Day and Lone Survivor, which are classics as well.
The movie starts off by introducing us to the main character played by Wahlberg, James Silva. Silva is a former CIA agent, as well as a U.S. Marine War vet, with a serious anger management problem. Further along in the movie, Silva is in charge of a Special Ops team called Overwatch, which is tested when they are forced to fight a family of Russian spies in one of the safe houses the team is raiding. During the raid some members of the team are hurt, but the Overwatch team manages to complete their mission. Unfortunately there are some Russian casualties that will haunt them later on during the film.
After the Russian safe house raid is complete, Silva and his team are put in charge of a new mission, and this mission is about locating and destroying a large shipment of caesium. This caesium delivery needs to be captured and destroyed before it can be weaponized in the movie. Under the supervision of their boss, who is played by John Malkovich, the team is to find the caesium and destroy it, but they unfortunately don’t know where to start. Next, in comes Iko’s character, Li Noor. Noor drives to the U.S. embassy in the country of Indocarr, which is where the team is stationed in to give himself up, and hopefully make it out of the country safely. The exchange is that if he gives the team the actual location of the caesium, he gets to leave the country of Indocarr safely and go to the United States.
Throughout the movie there are multiple battles regarding the capture and containment of the individual Li Noor. During the constant battles between Silva’s Overwatch team and the gang created by Axel, who is the right hand man to the ambassador who demanded the release Noor, there were multiple casualties. These casualties were on both sides, but Silva’s team is very depleted as they near the end of their mission. The team has to get Noor to an air strip but to get him there, they almost lose their entire team to attacks by Axel’s gang, who still demands Noor’s release to them. Luckily the team calls in some back up help and manage to get Noor to an airstrip and on the plane, and in return he gives them the location to the caesium. What they don’t know is that he’s an actual spy in connection to the Russian government and was sent to help kill individuals in the Overwatch operation.
This movie has a bunch of twists and turns and always had me guessing who was on who’s side. Personally, I love that about a movie and I hope you do too. I would rate this film with an A-, it hit all the marks that I was looking for. I just wish that it closed but a few more loose ends at the end of the movie, which it failed to do.
Colin’s favorite Mark Wahlberg Movies
- Mile 22
- Patriot’s Day
- Lone Survivor
- Daddy’s Home 1 & 2
- Ted 1 & 2
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