After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.
Defined by needless, frenetic exertion in lieu of anything resembling inspiration.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
7 Sep 2012
rotten:
A catastrophe worth noting only for the presence of its name cast.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
7 Sep 2012
rotten:
Charging $10 for this movie is criminal; vouchers and letters of apology should be handed out at the exit for those stalwart viewers who stick it out to the end.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
9 Sep 2012
rotten:
The script throws around phrases like "intel," "terrorist" and "rogue operative," but as time bombs go, the briefcase-versus-loved-ones ultimatum barely ticks.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Sep 2012
rotten:
Cavill is no substitute for Van Damme, whose self-critical performance gave the earlier movie much of its heft