'Mile 22' seems like it was based on a video game a la 'Max Payne'. Short on brains and long on action. Initially the movie seems grounded in a heightened reality about black ops and then Iko Uwais shows up and the overly choregraphed unrealistic fight scenes dispel any hope of this being anything but a silly Hollywood action movie. Wahlberg's character has nothing new to offer either. Wahlberg is a fine actor when he has something to work with ('Three Kings', 'Boogie Nights', 'The Gambler', etc.) and when he doesn't he plays the petulant, half cocked, over bearing, hard ass cop/agent/soldier he played in 'The Departed', 'Patriot's Day' , 'Lone Survivor' and 'The Other Guys'. Lauren Cohan and Ronda Rousey actually come across as realistic espionage agents. Take away the cartoonish fight scenes and this might have held up. The fast cut editing can't make up for the boring and predictable plot.
Review of Mile 22
