![]() So it’s up to his daughter Alys (Calli Taylor) to make the necessary arrangements. As he is under arrest, he can’t do anything against witness Nick Murch (Amit Shah) who is going to testify against him, via internet live feed while sitting in a British safe-house. I was also initially a bit clueless about who would be the main character, as she had not appeared yet.Ĭrime lord Ezekiel Mannings (Gary Oldman) is taken into police custody while sitting in an American church. This isn t to say the film hasn’t its problems: The movie opens with music over several photos and headlines of newspapers, and is all over a little bit too quickly, before you can realize this is the backstory (though later, the film uses flashbacks to explain certain things). ![]() So I just can’t agree with the many critics who seemed intent on tearing down the movie for no reason at all. And though this may have several plot holes, that if you think about them, make the whole story fall down like a card house, it delivers on all of the above-mentioned elements. What I want to see when watching one, is a more or less well-connected story, nice visuals and definitely convincing action scenes. No one expects profound thoughts on human nature or the state of society from an action movie. ![]() Released at the end of last year, it was not well-received by critics, though one has to ask: why? Be that as it may, The Courier belongs to that “dinosaur” genre. Maybe this has to do with the “action-thriller” as a general genre, seeming to die out slowly in North America, where the comic book superhero genre appears largely to have replaced it. Examples include the Pierce Brosnan-Milla Jovovich-actioner Survivor (2015) or the Noomi Rapace agent movie Unlocked (2017). “The night Olga decided to paint a British parking garage red”įor one reason or another, in the last few years Great Britain has become the place to go for medium-budget action thrillers.
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