Incannerax
What a waste of my time!!!
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Roy Hart
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Cody
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
davidhiggins-89756
Sat down to watch this last night. Was going along with it right up to about half an hour where bail bond man from Jackie Brown, Oscar winner, gets himself shot in the stomach in a park. The people in the park hear all this, sees him with blood coming out all over the place, very slowly stagger over to the boating lake. And there's multi-pass standing there with a gun in hand.
We are supposed to believe people are just going to stand around taking pics with their phones, just gawping, looking at multi-pass holding her gun after some bloke has been shot. NEVER in a million years, what an insult to your intelligence. At that point, that was the END of the movie for me.
Even old folk in that park would have bolted off as fast as they could, contents of shopping bags spilling out in their frantic attempt to avoid being shot. Too many of these movies have these unrealistic scenes, like someone getting stabbed or shot on a subway train and instead of the rest of the occupants getting out the connecting carriages as fast as they can, which they would do, they just sit there with daft looks on their faces as if nothing much has happened. Seen that too many times.
Your intelligence will only be a 'survivor' if you give this a miss or give up on it part way through, it's ok to give up on movies & TV series when they insult your intelligence with these 'as if' scenes. Too many 'as if's' or one big one and the show is ruined for me.
rupak_speaking
It is certainly not as bad as the ratings and majority of the reviews suggest. Yes, there are lots of plot holes to find, but I believe a movie should be judged by its entertainment quotient rather than its bullet-proof plot. This one keeps you interested. Brosnan, I felt, was pretty sharp in his role as the assassin and Mila does what she does best, run for cover and retaliate. As I always keep stating, a movie is half as good as its climax, this one though left much to be desired on that front, pretty low key to say the least. I go with a 6/10 for this one.
nicholls_les
This is nowhere near as bad as some contributers to this site indicate.Pearce Brosnam makes a surprisingly good bad guy and the film moves at a good pace.Of course there are valid criticisms about the plot and particularly the way that a so called trained agent, Kate Abbott played by Milla Jovovich acts in such a foolish manner. No attempt to change her appearance even though she was aware that her picture was all over the net and TV. She was supposed to be following a protocol but clearly veered off this to do her own thing.The ease with which she got a plane to New York during New year was just silly. Oh and she was able to park right outside St Pancras Station.However lots of films have such silly parts but this didn't really detract from this being a very watchable thriller.
Kevin Lea Davies
Terrorism is the driving force of the majority of espionage films that dive into the theaters every other month. It's gotten to the point that most political thrillers barely know any other plot device to get the action going.Survivor tells a similar story using domestic terrorism as the main plot device, but it does so in a much better way than most films in this genre. The events unfold in the typical manner, when army forces fighting in Afghanistan are put in jeopardy, which allows some backlash back home in the U.S and U.K. Meet our lead, Mila Jovovich as Kate Abbott, a security specialist attached to the U.S embassy in London. She is following intel received from her superiors when we meet her, and she seems likely to do a good job. During a typical day at work, she puts herself in the line of fire, and soon after finds herself a target of an exceptional hit-man known as "The Watchmaker" (Pierce Brosnan).I don't really see how this movie made any headway in the genre, as most of the events follow a very predictable chain of events. What did surprise me was the level of effort the director put into this film to make it seem somewhat believable. It does get a little ridiculous at times, when you just don't think that the lead can get herself into any more trouble, someone comes along to ruin her day. Lots of twists and turns throughout, but certain character motivations seem dubious at times.A nice little thriller to spend the evening, but don't expect too much.5/10