Mile 22
Mile 22 isn’t lacking when it comes to hard-hitting action, but is undone by its confused narrative and over-rushed attempt at franchise-building.
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg reunite yet again for the action - thrillerMile 22 , but fourth time ends up not being the appeal for the actor - conductor pairing . The dyad antecedently work together on a trilogy of docudrama - thriller focusing on a Navy stamp mission gone improper ( Lone Survivor ) , the BP Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion / spill ( Deepwater Horizon ) , and the Boston Marathon Bombing ( Patriots Day ) . While each of these fact - based films have clear-cut through lines and purpose , Mile 22is much choppier and suffer from its attack to serve as the glorified pilot for a serial of picture show ( including , aMile 22sequel that ’s already being written).Mile 22isn’t lacking when it make out to firmly - hitting action , but is undo by its confused narrative and over - rushed attempt at franchise - edifice .
Wahlberg stars inMile 22as James Silva , a high - functioning but antisocial individual who was recognized by the U.S. government as being a prodigy at a young age and finally recruit to work for the CIA ’s most elect secret project force : Overwatch . While stationed in Indonesia , Silva and his fellow Overwatch members - include , Alice Kerr ( Lauren Cohan ) and Sam Snow ( Ronda Rousey ) - are approach by Li Noor ( Iko Uwais ) , a native police officer who claim to have information regarding a missing chemical substance that could be used to make highly destructive and radioactive dirty bombs . Noor then demands that he be fly out of the country to safety in the U.S. , before he reveals his helping hand .
It soon becomes apparent that whatever information Noor is carry onto , it ’s important enough that the local government is willing to have him kill , for foreclose it from being leaked . With the detail lock in away in an un - hackable flash bulb drive that will degrade in eight hour and Noor being the only one who knows the password to access it , Silva and the balance of the Overwatch squad - led by their boss ( John Malkovich ) , who is code bring up " Mother " - thus piece , so as to delight Noor to an extraction point located 22 Swedish mile from his current position at the Indonesian U.S. embassy . But can they get there in one piece ?
Mile 22was in the beginning presented as being a standalone activity - thriller asterisk Wahlberg , Uwais , and Rousey - based on a playscript by Graham Roland ( creator of Amazon ’s upcomingJack Ryanseries ) - back when it was first announced in 2015 . However , two years by and by , Wahlberg , Berg , and STX revealed that it had since been redesigned to swear out as the first installment in a trilogy , with relative newcomer Lea Carpenter now credit for write the screenplay ( from a story Centennial State - credited to Roland ) . Unfortunately , the final moving picture result run out more as a haphazard " inception story " for James Silva than a compelling founding to the character and his world . Similarly , there are a number of support player and subplots here that feel like either their roles were reduced from an earlier script draft or they were add up to lay the groundwork for aMile 22franchise , despite being mostly irrelevant to this picture show . The same goes for a ( mostly wasted ) narrative framing gimmick that involves Silva being debriefed by a mysterious superior ship’s officer .
WhileMile 22touches upon certain repeat themes from Berg ’s premature films ( see : valor and sacrifice in the line of duty ) , the motion picture ’s shot at political commentary and relevance are as jumbled as its narrative . Certain elements ( like a game thread postulate the Russian politics ) feel as though they were shoehorned in here in parliamentary law to make the flick feel more timely , but they inadvertently wind up muddying its subtext instead . Mile 22also ( literally ) appear as rough around the edge as its story feels . Berg utilize the same guerrilla filmmaking techniques here as he has on his previous feature ( including , heavy use of security camera footage a laPatriots Day ) , but there ’s less method to his coming , this clip around . The manager and his gang - which include his trusty camera operator - turned cinematographer Jacques Jouffret and frequent editors Melissa Lawson Cheung and Colby Parker Jr. - in turn have action sequences here that feel chaotic , but not as boldness - wracking or intense to find out as intended .
At the center of this storm is Wahlberg as Silva , a " naturalistic " superhero ( think Ben Affleck inThe Accountant ) who can lead theMile 22franchise . Silva comes off as being a cross between Wahlberg ’s foul - mouthed sergeant fromThe Departedand a quasi - sociopathic genius in the vein of Dr. Gregory House ( fromHouse M.D. ) , but miss the sharp mental capacity and glimpses of a rich humanity beneath the hardened exterior that stool those character piquant . It does n’t help that Silva and the other character reference here are mostly develop through gammon - fisted dialogue , rather than their behavior . Cohan as Alice is flesh out the most among the supporting actor inMile 22 , but even her plot line ( which involves a young daughter , as well as an ornery ex-wife - married man impersonate by Berg himself ) fight to bequeath much of an worked up impact .
On the other hand , Cohan ’s experience killing zombies onThe Walking Deadserves her well and she fly high while playing the action hero duringMile 22 ’s close - twenty-five percent scrap scene and shoot - outs . While Rousey makes for an evenly convincing action star here ( as she has in movies past ) , Uwais is easily the view - thief in the film . The actor / martial creative person made a actual name for himself with his bone - crackle free-for-all fromThe Raidmovies and further showcases his expertness as both a stuntman and fight choreographer with his efforts onMile 22 . Uwais ' Li Noor is also intriguing when it come to the mystery story around his true motivation - enough so that , in a issue of elbow room , he ’s more interesting than Silva as a character .
In the final stage , Mile 22feels like it could have been a solidBourne - esque thriller , had it not been clumsily reformatted to launch a Mark Wahlberg franchise . While some aspect still work , on the whole the plastic film is a bit of a mess and a pretty noticeable step down in quality from Wahlberg and Berg ’s previous true fib - inspire coaction together . Mile 22is better - made and acted than other action movies that have been " ditch " in mid - to - late August in the past ( admittedly , not a gamey bar to clear ) , but it ’s probably well lay aside for a future place rental , for those interested in turn back it out . As for thoseMile 22multimedia IP plans : the box power will have the final say on that matter .
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Mile 22is now play in U.S. theaters nationwide . It is 95 minutes long and is snitch R for strong violence and language throughout .
Mark Wahlberg stars in this film that he co - produced with Stephen Levinson and Peter Berg . Berg acted as director for the 2018 film that orb around a CIA federal agent tasked with helping an asset escape a foreign company in exchange for selective information on a potentially apocalyptic threat .
Ronda Rousey in Mile 22
