One Line Review: filled with action sequences yet tedious.
YouTube Trailer Outside the wire
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris
Director: Mikael Hafstorm
Release Date: 11th February 2021
Introduction
Welcome to a movie in which Anthony Mackie got so busy handling the production that he forgot the plot and storyline and played an A.I (Artificial Intelligence) controlled officers who, strangle, can express and feel the emotions, can crack some good jokes. Also, there’s the same old cyber attack and nuclear attack theme used in this movies. God Bless Hollywood.
Plot Summary
In the near future, Lt. Thomas Harper, a drone pilot, got commissioned to go on a mission with his captain Leo, who is an Android-controlled A.I human (who, strangely, understands humour, can feel and express emotions), to stop a cyber nuclear attack which is planned and about to be executed by a fanatic group of terrorists. They are accompanied by a large group of hi-tech devices, A.I troops and a hell lot of other technological devices.
Aspect 1:
Outside the wire is based on the same old Hollywood concept of near-future warfare in which there is a crazy group of terrorists who have a strange and fanatic love for hi-tech devices, cybersecurity breach and technology, who were chased by some honest-to-god good and patriotic national heroes, and everyone just waits till the terrorist executes their plan and then all the forces start to anticipate every move of terrorists. There you have it, The whole plot of Outside the line and probably some other upcoming warfare movies.
Aspect 2:
There are some good things which happened to this movie. Like Performance of Mackie. The warrior role played by him was very well on the mark. Very much the same performance as it was in the series “Altered Carbon” and in the movies “Hurt Locker”. Battle scene in the movies were also beautifully choreographed and were filmed in some good set designs. The production quality was very good.
Conclusion:
Look man, The action is good, the performances are good, but the theme is same old, the plot is tedious and sometimes slow. So, if you choose to watch it, there are some things which you might have to tolerate. Keeping those things aside, this is a decent movies. You can have great time pass with it with your friends.
