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This is a skip for anyone over the age of 14. It uses the Jason Bourne lost memory and could possibly be a spy, criminal or soccer dad...who knows and people are trying to kill him. The director chose to go with shaky cam for ALL the action scenes. I do not mind shaky cam to promote tension or give the feel of what it is like to be fighting someone...but this shaky cam was used to disguised everythingincluding not haviing a good story. So many illogical scenes like people firing automatic weapons from point blank range(multiple times) and not even grazing the target. Double-digit ex machina scenes. A female character in a very intense action movie where she is killing people in hand to hand and gun and yet makeup and hair does not even have a smear. And do not get me started on Nick Nolte who looked and sounded worse than Weekend at Bernies (after he died). This is just sadness.

This movie has B/A list actors yet the script and some scenes are awful. Completely cliché and disjointed at the same time. Budget is not an excuse. There are action movies that have way lower budget and were at least interesting if not gripping: Hardcore Henry, Upgrade, The Raid (only 1million), etc. I've even seen better stuff from Youtube creators. Josh Duhamel should just stick to romantic comedies and light hearted stuff like the Mighty Ducks. He hardly felt dangerous or menacing in action roles. Abbie Cornish's acting was also was disinterested and looked like she was just in for the paycheck.

And idk if I'm gonna make it. Thought about turning it off when Nick Nolte's skeleton came on screen and tried to speak words... at least that's what I think it was trying to do.

Maybe I'll change my rating if I finish it, but this is as low as I'm going becuz it's still never gonna be as bad as The Animal was.

As for the movie itself, someone said something about 1 A-lister in the movie... who is that?? I think Josh Duhamel makes these terrible movies now just for personal entertainment. It's like the people who make the Sharknado's, they all knew all 11 of the movies were trash, but they did it anyway. That's the 2022 Josh Duhamel, everyone.

Update: This is a complete disaster of epic proportions, and all I need to say is, NO POLICE!?!?!? It's a hospital, right??? Machine guns shot, dead bodies everywhere, bare handed murder in the kitchen... holy moly.

Update #2: Changed rating from 2 to 1. Still have a half hour left and it's unbearable. If I was actually at the movies I would've walked out... so it's just as bad as The Animal. Lol.

I agree with an earlier reviewer: I'm not sure I'll make it through to the end. 20 minutes in and I already have a strong suspicion that this might be the worst movie I've ever watched.

This movie is absolutely terrible in every way. Plot, conversation, acting... Everything. I'll give you an example:

In one scene the main character is having a flashback. He's in a (terrible as usual) conversation with the bad guy, Eddie. Eddie is holding a glas of tequila in his left hand and his hair is up in a ponytail. Cut to another angle and all of a sudden his hair is down and the glas is gone. Cut back again and the ponytail and glas is back. Cut again. No ponytail and he takes a mouthful of tequila from the bottle. What the...? It's amazing to watch all the inconsistencies in this production. They are everywhere and they are hilarious.

I won't give anything away, but the end leaves me with a feeling that the producers of this mess will hit us with a sequel. I'm looking forward to it, but at the same time I don't think they will be able to raise enough money for it. I would love to see it. I haven't been this entertained in a while.

Was there a script or did they make the plot up as they went along? Was the budget over or under 5 bucks? Was this flick made by 4th graders? Did they make it this lousy just to win some kind of award? The questions are piling up minute by minute.

BTW: Did you know that the point of a satelite phone is that it's easily traceable? I just learned this.

I urge you to watch this movie. Watch it as a comedy/parody, not as an action flick. It should be used at every film school as an example on what NOT to do.

A note to some reviewers: You know that the average of 1-10 stars is 5 stars. Right? How can you give a movie you dislike as much as you say a 5 star review? Your words doesn't match your rating.

This type of movie is why Netflix is in trouble. They fund this garbage, throwing money at a terrible script and awakening Nick Nolte from his annual hibernation. Poor old Nick is slurring and carrying on, completely unconvincing in a Mickey Rourke style cameo of ludicrous casting. Omar puts in a solid bad guy act but his pony tail wig distracts. Abbey looks mildly embarrassed and Josh Duhamel looks like his misses the big budget Transformers days when the catering cost more than the budget for this entire film. Some laugh out loud bad moments, so bad I was looking for Damien Chapa's name as the director.

Should've been named The Ghost of Nick Nolte. My husband and I thought this was 80's satire. This was the WISH version of a Lifetime movie, but aired during those god awful Christmas in July things.🎄

Some of the fight scenes were ok except when, after hand to hand combat, nobody's hair was even out of place. The shooting scenes though, lol What a joke. All of the shots that were fired and miraculously missed Josh and then he fires twice and kills them. The inconsistencies throughout this whole movie are comical.

How many kitchen trays were harmed in this film? That's what I really wanna know.

For a paycheck, to fill a content void, just cuz?

I thought this movie was a joke at first, like tongue-in-cheek comedy or perhaps a twist where he's still in a coma because the shootout scenes are so outlandish that they cant possibly be taken seriously. But.... alas.... its for real.

I cannot think of a single redeeming thing to say. Except maybe credit for the single location? I guess? But its painfully apparent that nobody cared. The writer? Didn't care. The actors? Didnt care. The director? Didn't care. The Editor? Didn't care. Nobody wanted this to be made, but it was because Netflix has a content quota and we're all to blame.

Blackout, I went into this blind, not in the drunk sense, I didn't read anything about it or any of the reviews. If it wasn't for Josh Duhamel this would have been below average. Having said that, I do believe that Josh Duhamel went into this blind too, maybe not the same blind state as myself. Abbie Cornish spent too much time looking emotionless. Omar Chaparro (Eddie) is obviously a fan of Jordi Mollà's portrayal of Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia in Bad Boys 2. Definitely a B grade movie with a budget to match. Some of the action scenes were done well. The director should have taken some direction from a more experienced director, the writer, a little lazy and relies too much stock standard cliche's. That aside, it is watchable and I would recommend it.

Let's put our cards on the table. The Bourne story (killer with memory loss) is one of my all-time faves. I actually read the "hardcover" when it first came out (if you are not familiar with that term, Google it!). The movie trilogy is top-ranked on my list of the greatest films of all time (see below). So, off the top, I really really WANTED to love this film. But, alas, Fate had other plans. As I have explained in my other reviews, one of the hallmarks of a low-budget indie is the gratuitous use of loud music to "fill in the awkward pauses" between the weak writing and bad acting. BLACKOUT has plenty of gratuitous loud music. Another giveaway is the use of recycled actors. Plenty of those here also. But what about the ACTION scenes, you ask? The good news is there are plenty of those too. And it looks like that is where most of the budget ended up. In fact, at the 35 minute mark, protagonist Duhamel escapes a killer using the signature judo move from the grand finale of REDBELT 2008 (also on my list of the best all-time films). "A" for effort. "B-" for result. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

The only reason I can think this got made is because Nick Nolte has bills to pay. A few decent fight scenes and short running time but still silly. Reminds me of Tim Olymphant doing a bad version of an action star in Hitman. To think Nick Nolte, one of better actors in the past century is in this makes me wonder if he knew what he was doing.

This is nothing more than a B movie action rip off of Jason Bourne. There's a reason no one pays for this in cinemas. If it's bad enough, Netflix will pick it up for streaming. Giving this garbage even 2 stars would be kind but that's because I grew up watching Nick Nolte movies. Back when he used to do good movies.

One minute and 50 seconds. Think you can stand watching this atrocity for longer? Take the challenge! See how long you can last.

There is no need for a script, or a director, or a screenplay, or an editor, or anyone with any semblance of talent. Just a guy with a cellphone and the video-editing program that's included in Windows 10.

See it's all about the story, the emotions, and the overly dramatic music. If we can just sew together various parts of different corpses to create a new kind of movie, the people will hold their noses as they watch it slowly fall apart, then devour the rotting meat.

Apparently, Netflix is willing to enlist ANY movie as long as the producers have enough money to close the deal with it.

This is a perfect example of the above. I could barely hit the 20 minute mark before I said to myself: "you know you do have much better things to do with your time right now", so I stopped watching before it got painful.

The fighting and shooting scenes in the beginning have absolutely no logic. At times, I really believed the screenplay was written by some kid with a mental handicap. I'm a video content creator and this was impossible to watch.

The movie is a TOTAL fail just to conclude.

Why does everything they are a movie critic? You didnt work your behide off to make the movie... alot of money time and effort goings into any movie. I inderstand it was a little on the budget side but that doesnt mean it was unbearable. Josh did a fantastic job play his role. I was very much eyes on the screen the whole time. So please give the man a chance! It really is a action packed fun ride! If you like martial arts, guns, cartel and just over all a kick butt good time then check this out! Not every movie has been Oscar worthy.... I mean is everyday at your work place worthy of a badge of honor? I think not... so have a sit and enjoy the ride love you josh! Xoxo Leena.

One can never offer a fair review of anything in less than two minutes but one reviewer placed one star on their viewing of less than two minutes of this "Bourne Want To Be."

Well, the film kept my attention for it's entire length even throwing some curve ball surprises along the way.

However, be prepared for another film whose hero has superhero recovery power that will challenge most viewers acceptance of the film as anything other than pure fiction and escapism popcorn. But, frankly this film's script writers and director no doubt knew that was what they were offering us in another good guys bad guys or bad guys are good guys or well watch the film to figure it out.

Yes, other than an aged Nick Nolte, this film's cast is not red carpet superstars and many of the secondary cast clearly needs some acting classes. The key characters (if you watch more than 2 minutes) will pull you into the thriller as bullets fly all around.

If you are looking for a Friday night flick that takes you away from reality and has a surprise or two this isn't a bad option. Now, I won't watch it again but I know how it ends.

Well that's 21 minutes and 10 seconds of my life I'll never get back. Good Lord what a mess. Trust the other reviews and don't waste your time. I trusted the Netflix "rating" of 5.1 and didn't look here before pressing Play. Nolte needs to see a speech therapist badly. Another of his generation who suddenly can't speak. It's like they all go to the same bad dentist and get dentures that don't fit. I can't stand Cornish on a good day but I had such high hopes for Josh Duhamel. Total let down. This is really the reason Netflix is floundering - they keep putting out garbage like this. No plot, bad script, sketchy camera work and all around crappy acting.

There have been permutations and iterations of the film's storyline which have been executed more skilfully and creatively with much a better cinematic outcome. This one is a far cry.

For one, the plot doesn't attract my attention. And it's going around in circles the confined setting of a hospital making it worse. I wanted very much to see the ending to find out the true identity of Cain and what he does for a living but prudence dictated that it wouldn't really matter because this is such a pathetic film.

One thing going for it is that some of the fight scenes are well-executed. I didn't know until now that John Duhamel could kick some ass. Ruefully, the action scenes become repetitive after a while. And Nick Nolte isn't in a good place as far as this movie is concerned. He is pathetic, too. His character Ethan is always whining about something in that high-pitched voice of his.