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This is not really a bad movie, but it's not a good one either.

It does however have some good ideas popping up once in a while, but they kinda just get caught up in a messy script. I suppose it's meant to be a satire of woke, but then it also wants to be an action movie.

The problem is that there's too many loose ends. Things that are never explained.

What's the corporation where Swank is the CEO ? Who is Crystal ? She mentions having served in Afghanistan, but no ordinary soldier posesses the combat skills that she clearly has.

And since they obviously ran thorough background checks on all the victims, including photos, is it really believable that they somehow got her mixed up with somebody else ? And if they did, then who is she really ?

So while I have to admit that I found it entertaining, it's also a gigantic mess of a story. In fact it's more of a mess than a story.

I'll rate it just one click above average.

I like Rob Lowe, and I pretty much checked it out because he was in it, and it turned out to be a solid show. I see a lot of reviewers talking about the whole "political correctness" thing that seems to be a trend with Disney, and sure, they are certainly taking inclusiveness to the limit here.

We have 3 white guys on the team. One has cancer, his son is gay and the 3rd, is kind of a redneck type. He is however maried to a black woman. Then there is a black guy, who is trans, a muslim woman wearing hijab and finally a latino guy. Anything missing ? I don't think so, unless it turns out that the muslim and the latino are gay too.

Look, I'm all for diversity, but I just get the feeling that this seems a bit overdone.

Still, it's not a bad show, and all the characters are good people, so who am I to complain ?

Oh and by the way, Liv Tyler still can't act.

When I read the plot description, I thought it sounded like a First Blood rip off, and the first 30 minutes suggest that I was right.

Sadly it then turns into a way too long snoozefest, with little action and a lot of talking.

The main protagonist has about as much charisma as a piece of wood, and the plot while probable enough is not really that interesting.

With a running time of more than 2 hours it could easily have been shorted by 20 - 25 minutes. That might have kept my attention up, instead of me starting to check email and facebook updates on my phone, without really missing anything.

Nice to see Don Johnson who pretty much earns the 4 stars. The rest is just your typical Netflix discount stuff.