Rating: **
Review Date: 8/31/25
Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, William Moseley,
Dermot Mulroney
Ezekiel Mannings (Gary Oldman) is a powerful crime lord that the FBI has been trying to put away for years. They finally find a live witness who is willing to testify against him (Amit Shah), but a corrupt federal agent (William Moseley) ensures that he won't make it to court. Unfortunately for Mannings, the anonymous courier (Olga Kurylenko) who delivers the deadly package doesn't like being double-crossed and ends up saving the witness's life instead. The majority of the film plays out as a cat-and-mouse game between the courier and Agent Bryant's forces in a locked down parking garage before the real FBI shows up.
While it's always nice to see Olga Kurylenko in a lead action role, the film is a real disappointment. The action is weak, the dialog is cringe-worthy, Amit Shah's character is super annoying, and William Moseley's performance is so laughably psychotic that it's hard to take him seriously. Gary Oldman is simply collecting a paycheck and has nothing to do but sit around and talk on the phone. It's kind of embarrassing, and his unruly eyebrows are a constant distraction. Olga Kurylenko does her best Frank Martin impersonation, but has very little to work with, and the film comes nowhere close to resembling "The Transporter"(2002). The fights are edited so that nearly every hit cuts away, and Kurylenko is at a serious size disadvantage against everyone. Adding more disbelief is the incredible amount of physical punishment that she endures, and she still manages to fight back at full strength.
I really wanted to like this film, but the annoying characters and stupid dialog really put me off. It could have worked as a straight forward actioner, but the odds are stacked so high against Kurylenko that the only way for her to succeed is through dumb luck and absurdity.