After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
There are plenty of twists and just as many bad guys speaking in a wide variety of accents. It's handsome, large-scale escapist fare - and has as its costar the formidable, versatile Kristin Scott Thomas.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Nov 2011
rotten:
The generic plot is redeemed by exciting action sequences, good-looking location photography and a hot sex scene involving a femme fatale named Lea.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
18 Nov 2011
fresh:
It won't make anyone forget Bond, of course. But it will do for now.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
19 Nov 2011
rotten:
Do you sometimes get the feeling that you haven't seen a film before, but you might as well have? All of the ingredients are basic.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Nov 2011
fresh:
Fortunately for the company, Largo turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the corporate sense; fortunately for this sleek, empty thriller, he turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the street sense too.