It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Fresh and Exciting

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I really wanna like this movie..just bcoz it has Iko Uwais in it. Unfortunately, I can't find anything remotely interesting in this movie. The fight scenes which can be great bcoz of Uwais, destroyed spectacularly by the use of shaky cam and bad editing. The story is so absurd I can't believe anyone would put money on this movie. Overall I'm truly dissapointed..

Mile 22Mile 22 is a plot driven mind-numbing action feature with an agenda of an "in and out" missions that all goes horribly and expectedly wrong. Wahlberg's last few unstable features corners him to shake Berg's magic hat and draw out the card from it but unfortunately this time, it isn't the card that anyone was seeking for, not even the makers. It inherently gets difficult to rub on a genre that is already almost explored in each way, and addition to that when you feed the audience a wafer thin concept and expects them to be blown away by the blazing barrels; it's a bit much. Not only does the feature surfs around the surface, the characters that it forcibly installs is just pathetically one-dimensional. One of the primary reason why it fails on levels, is its antagonist, which is not kept under any shade but is just non-existent, leaving the audience with the stakes that are all hoax and all distraction. The anticipated twists and turns which are mundane in such genres, is so independent from any of the incidents occurred in the feature, that it nullifies itself; the viewers couldn't care less. It doesn't have any circle that comes around or makes sense, nor any arc or gist to stand on the self-created slippery ground. As much as exciting it is to experience sharp sound effects, its heightened version latter, shucks it all way. A decent background score or cinematography is pure myth in here, although the camera work is intriguing and convincing whose credit goes to Berg's experience. The choreographed action sequences are enthralling with all the actors working hard and investing all their chips in, especially Uwais who easily is the highlight of it. Berg's world in here seems like the first draft of the script, where his weaving of the structure in front of the audience takes out every inch of the thrill that was about to hit them. Wahlberg is annoyingly loud and disappointingly unstable in his portrayal where no supporting cast like Cohan, Rousey and Malkovich, is supporting him. Berg; the director, still needs some work to do especially to work with his editing department, since all crisp is purely hazardous. Few action sequences and sharp sound effects are the only high points of this sinking feature. Mile 22 has a long way to go, probably more than it titles for, but in the end it too wouldn't matter since they are following the wrong directions.

I went into this film having zero idea of what it was about. I STILL have zero idea.This experience was akin to being in the throes of a malaria induced fever psychosis and deciding to watch the Bourne Supremacy at 125% speed.This movie was pure noise.Halfway thru I literally wanted to turn a loaded weapon unto myself to put me out of my misery.Now, let me be clear. The misery wasn't sadness/pain related. It was pure, unparalleled confusion.I wanted my brain to cease functioning so I could stop trying to make sense of this film.My advice: don't watch it. However, if you absolutely need to have the experience then I recommend banging your noggin against the nearest concrete partition. That way you can inexpensively create the same sensory experience as viewing this movie.I would give it two thumbs down but my thumbs are busy gouging into my eyeballs out at present.Say hi to your own mother.

Except this one. Peter Berg has Shaky-Cam Syndrome, so the fight scenes with Iko do not look as good as they should. Mark Wahlberg does a really good Dead Pool impression. Rhonda is basically making a cameo. In conclusion, this movie has machine guns, martial arts and motorcycles. You can't go wrong with that combo! Santa will be bringing me this movie (on DVD) for Christmas.