Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric star in an action-packed, thriller about the lengths one man will go to save what’s left of his family and reclaim his own life. James and his son Casey are armored truck drivers tasked with delivering a suspicious package. After a violent ambush on the road, James and Casey are trapped until they discover the value of what they have been carrying and join forces to outgun and outwit their attackers.
The cast also includes Dash Mihok, Josh Wiggins, Blake Shields, and Erin Ownbey.
Lionsgate kann einem leid tun
Und Sly? Nunja, immerhin beschert der uns (woanders) "Tulsa King"...
Schaut jedenfalls total belanglos und vorhersehbar aus.
Sieht wertiger und origineller aus als der übliche Lionsgate/Grindstone-Kram. Immerhin. Kommt ja sicher gleich fürs Heimkino raus.
Und wenn wir jetzt mal die schönen Drohnenaufnahmen weglassen?
Oh, die gibt es auch bei den anderen Lionsgate-Billigheimern von EFO und so. Aber ne echte Explosion, noch dazu ne richtig große, das gibts dort nicht zu sehen.
Sieht wertiger und origineller aus als der übliche Lionsgate/Grindstone-Kram. Immerhin. Kommt ja sicher gleich fürs Heimkino raus.
Und wenn wir jetzt mal die schönen Drohnenaufnahmen weglassen?
Oh, die gibt es auch bei den anderen Lionsgate-Billigheimern von EFO und so. Aber ne echte Explosion, noch dazu ne richtig große, das gibts dort nicht zu sehen.
Du, man gewinnt mein Herz nicht mit einer grossen Explosion. Das ist wie eine Frau mit grossen Brüsten. Die alleine machen die ideale Partnerin auch noch nicht aus.
Die konnten halt Geld sparen, indem sie den Großteil des Films auf ner alten, unbenutzen Brücke gedreht haben... und somit konnten sie sich die Explosion dann leisten
Und wenn wir jetzt mal die schönen Drohnenaufnahmen weglassen?
Oh, die gibt es auch bei den anderen Lionsgate-Billigheimern von EFO und so. Aber ne echte Explosion, noch dazu ne richtig große, das gibts dort nicht zu sehen.
Du, man gewinnt mein Herz nicht mit einer grossen Explosion. Das ist wie eine Frau mit grossen Brüsten.
Meins schon. Mit beidem. Am besten explodierende Brüste.
While it clocks in at just under ninety minutes, Armor feels twice as long. There are too many scenes of the characters standing around or talking between a few bursts of action. More attention and time are spent on establishing James’ alcoholism, but it does not serve a real purpose in the film. I waited for Sylvester Stallone to scream or raise his energy level above a grumble, but the legendary actor sleepwalks his way through his scenes. Without divulging plot details, Rook is prepared to let James and Casey die multiple times before professing that he does not kill as he is not that type of person.
There is also the fact that not a single vehicle or pedestrian passes the multi-hour standoff on the only river crossing for miles despite seeing houses nearby that would have heard gunfire or explosions. The sheer frequency of illogical and conflicting plot elements and motivations for the characters is enough to drive you crazy if you are not bored to death by the movie.
A quick online search will reveal details about Armor‘s tumultuous production, including the supposed $3.5 million pay Stallone earned for a single day’s work. Other details claim that director Justin Routt, who has not helmed a film since 2011, was not the actual filmmaker and that producer Randall Emmett performed those duties. For a film this small to have this many issues is probably not uncommon, but it does explain why there are over ten minutes worth of establishing shots to pad this film to a feature-length running time.
Screenwriters Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert do not create a single plausible line of dialogue in the entire film, with every actor feeling restricted to a finite list of words they can utter. There is also the bizarre soundtrack, which fades one song out at multiple points and immediately goes into another.
Actors do what they do to get paid, but when a film at least makes an effort to be coherent and enjoyable, it can elevate a film from mediocre to tolerable. In the case of Armor, this film is nowhere near mediocre due to formulaic action that cannot even muster enough energy to keep attention on screen. Jason Patric and Sylvester Stallone still have solid screen presence and deserve much better than movies like Armor. Avoid this one unless you want to see many people talk through a wall between intermittent explosions and gunfire.
