Drawing from Clancy’s 1993 bestseller, Without Remorse tries to be a high-octane venture, but its thin characters and familiar milieu - not to mention a budget that looks modest in comparison to other films of this ilk - keep the proceedings from being particularly exhilarating.
This programmatic picture provides all the prerequisites for a modern action vehicle: muscular setpieces, a globe-trotting storyline, political intrigue, an unstoppable hero. Barely surviving the assassination attempt, Kelly joins forces with his longtime friend Lt Commander Karen Greer (Jodie Turner-Smith), a former SEAL, to figure out who ordered the hits - although his suspicions point towards Robert Ritter (Jamie Bell), a cagey CIA agent who may know more than he is letting on. Among the dead is Kelly’s wife, who was due to give birth to their first child. John Kelly (Jordan) is part of a Navy SEAL team that is eliminated one at a time by shadowy figures on returning home after a dangerous mission in Syria. But not unlike Netflix’s recent second-rate action offerings, the film lacks the scale, gusto and ambition of a top-shelf blockbuster.
Because the company has had success with its television series Jack Ryan (starring John Krasinski), which is also based on Clancy’s work, there could be considerable audience overlap between the two properties.
The critical liability is the picture’s protagonistĪfter purchasing worldwide rights from Paramount last year, Amazon will begin streaming the thriller on April 30, and fans of Jordan will no doubt be intrigued.
With more than a dash of Jason Bourne and Mission: Impossible, director Stefano Sollima’s undistinguished shoot-‘em-up feels so indebted to its influences that it never establishes a personality of its own. This Tom Clancy adaptation, which sets the groundwork for a sequel, is a revenge tale concerning a grieving Navy SEAL who hunts down the Russian operatives responsible for killing his wife and unborn child - only to uncover a darker conspiracy behind their murders. An underpowered franchise-starter, Without Remorse stars its producer Michael B Jordan in a subpar action vehicle that does little to capitalise on his charisma or emotional intensity.
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