As "Without Remorse" (2021 release; 109 min.) opens, we are in "Aleppo, Syria", and a Navy SEALs team led by John Kelly is making a daring recuse of an FBI operative held captive by the Syrian government. Except that it turns out that the hostage is held by Russians, not Syrians... We then go to "Washington, DC, 3 months later" and our hero John Kelly is at a bbq cookout with his highly pregnant wife. In a parallel story, two other SEAL members of that Aleppo mission are viciously murdered... At this point we are 10 min. Into the movie but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.
Couple of comments: this is the latest film adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel. Let's be clear: the production team went all out with this, and money seemingly was no object. But does that make for a good film? The film is directed by Stefano Sollima, whose previous work includes "Sicario 2". Most importantly, the film stars Michael B. Jordan ("Creed", among many others), and he is in great form throughout. The film brings a nice mix of all-out action scenes and some calmer moments, and also a good number of plot twists (who is really the bad guy here? You might be surprised!). The production sets are top notch. And the original score is from none other than Jonsi (of Sigur Ros). Bottom line: this movie just flew by in no time, and I found it surprisingly entertaining, even if the plot ultimately is rather conventional if not predictable. Frankly, I don't understand the many, many outright negative reviews of this on here. Were you not entertained by this film? I know I was.
"Without Remorse" was supposed to open in theaters last summer, but a little thing called COVID-19 had other plans, and hence the release of this big budget film (like most others) was delayed and delayed, and ultimately Amazon Studios stepped in and bought the distribution rights. The film was just released on Prime Video (where I saw it) and here on Amazon Instant Video. If you are in the mood for a mindless and entertaining Tom Clancy movie, or simply are a fan of Michael B. Jordan, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
Couple of comments: this is the latest film adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel. Let's be clear: the production team went all out with this, and money seemingly was no object. But does that make for a good film? The film is directed by Stefano Sollima, whose previous work includes "Sicario 2". Most importantly, the film stars Michael B. Jordan ("Creed", among many others), and he is in great form throughout. The film brings a nice mix of all-out action scenes and some calmer moments, and also a good number of plot twists (who is really the bad guy here? You might be surprised!). The production sets are top notch. And the original score is from none other than Jonsi (of Sigur Ros). Bottom line: this movie just flew by in no time, and I found it surprisingly entertaining, even if the plot ultimately is rather conventional if not predictable. Frankly, I don't understand the many, many outright negative reviews of this on here. Were you not entertained by this film? I know I was.
"Without Remorse" was supposed to open in theaters last summer, but a little thing called COVID-19 had other plans, and hence the release of this big budget film (like most others) was delayed and delayed, and ultimately Amazon Studios stepped in and bought the distribution rights. The film was just released on Prime Video (where I saw it) and here on Amazon Instant Video. If you are in the mood for a mindless and entertaining Tom Clancy movie, or simply are a fan of Michael B. Jordan, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.