Unlocked (2017)

2 September 2017. This is one of those movies whose marketing team in their apparent zeal gave away too much in the trailer, disclosing a great twist occurring about 25 minutes into the movie. For those prospective audience members, it might be a good idea to avoid trailers and instead review some movie critic reviews or comments on IMDb which hopefully don't make the same mistake. Of incidental interest is the primary location of the film being Britain which currently in same year of this movie's American release (2017) has been a country that has been at the epicenter of some of the tense immigration issues facing the Western portion of the world today.

Even with the opening credits, the movie begins with excellent sound and an energizing music track. The opening scenes have the same sharp, raw feel as Doug Linman's The Bourne Identity (2002). The initial chronological events are rather unclear unfortunately. Such a cute but mentally challenging beginning seems to detract from the main storyline, requiring the audience to use more of the brain just to determine what happened and what's going on when instead they could be experiencing the thrill and power of the actual story and reserve their brain power for a little further into the movie when the real mystery begins.

The segue into the emerging actual crisis is well achieved and handled by John Malkovich bringing a refreshing, experienced, and distinctive personality to the role of CIA division chief. Michael Douglas gives his usual credible role as a former CIA boss though his acting doesn't really standout. The gun battles that occur are sparkling in their delivery and most stand out for their slightly different but intriguingly compelling script directions and performances from most espionage movies. Once the heart pounding suspense develops a fourth way into the movie, it continues as an uneasy and biting nagging but vital sensation for the audience member throughout the movie. The smooth and spot on editing, the use of the ominous music track are wonderfully woven into this movie enhancing the energy and urgency of each impending moment of each scene that explodes on the screen. Emotions are allowed to run wild both on and off the film while a trace of espionage rationality remains intact. Malkovich and Collette offer up some delightful entertaining administrative badgering for some respite to the theatrically-induced elevated heart beat and respiration rate. The director and screenwriter have even taken pains to allow the audience to gather some much needed composure with brief scenes of reflection between the fast-paced stylish physical battles.

The enemy in this movie can be engaging, smart, calculating and oftentimes cold, impassioned, and precise - finally a worthy, competitive rival for the fate of thousands if not millions. At one point, the almost unseen enemy is almost irritatingly too capable but that is also what might be thought of as what's reflected in to today's much more diverse and volatile world where North Korea and Iran have grown stronger, the Chinese and Russia are advancing rapidly in their own ways. And what of America's own polarized society, what dangers lurk here? At the same time the principle lead, Noomi Replace as a CIA agent Alice Racine (made famous with her role in the original Scandinavian "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy) called back as a crucial interrogator is herself capable, astute, and deadly in both her escapes and her pursuit. Interestingly, Replace appears to ha

Fmovies: "Unlocked" offers a Byzantine plot filled with unexpected twists, a talented cast and decent production values. Many of the plot devices are familiar tropes, but some seem fresh, including a sequence involving a motorcycle and an early reversal of fortune. The story is engaging, but never quite edge-of-your-seat enthralling. At the end, it seems a worthwhile experience, but devoid of anything really fresh.

Spy films don't mix well with politically liberal ideals. The typical spy film entails extrajudicial executions, capital punishment, enhanced interrogation, kidnappings, violation of treaties, immigrants engaged in spy cells, profiling and all manner of activities that outrage liberals. This film seems to attempt to defer or pander to liberal sensitivities, while pursuing a plot that requires a right-wing mindset. The results often seem a bit awkward. Muslim immigrants have an elaborate network of sleeper cells, but some of the Muslims are good people who object to their religion of peace being subverted by extremists. Most immigrants are hard-working, but need help acclimating to local customs. Women are just as capable, or more so, as intelligence officers. They are dedicated, less likely to betray their country and capable of going head-to-head in unarmed combat against two opponents who each outweigh them by half. The real villains aren't the peace- loving Muslms, but the hard line extremists in our own governments who manipulate our enemies for political gain. At several points in the film, it feels as if the filmmakers are pausing the action to present homework assignments from a community college course in civics.

The script is not entirely satisfying dramatically. In addition to distracting political subtext, too many characters know too much about future events. The protagonist doesn't seem to need to work very hard to uncover things. There are a lot of coincidences. The protagonist more often seems to be knocked about by events, rather than driving them. There are too many remorseless murderers willing to employ weapons of mass destruction for a price. At least three significant characters may have died, but we're not entirely certain.

Overall, it's an engaging movie that might have been better if it invested less effort in trying to be politically correct.

Never a dull moment. Great cast with lots of surprising twists to make it a very good action drama film. Noomi Repace was excellent in the lead role. Pleasantly surprised and would watch it again

Unlocked fmovies. To tell you the truth, I did not know anything about this movie. I had neither seen the trailer nor read the synopsis to it. So you could imagine my surprise when we were given twist after twist through out the whole movie. My wife and I were pretty surprised of the first twist and we were kept on guessing till the very end (Although some twists were easier to guess than others), but nevertheless we were quite entertained.

The main story itself was a bit stereotype about terrorists plotting to do some horrifying attack and must be stopped at all costs. But the interesting part was actually those surprising twists. In addition, the fighting and gun shooting scenes were surprisingly good. The sound effects particularly during the guns blazing were cool and added the element of suspense. One more thing that I liked about this movie was the fact that they really used real-time method like in 24 TV series starring Kiefer Sutherland.

This may not be an instant classic crime thriller movie, but I personally felt that this one was not too bad. In fact it was pretty enjoyable and it even had some brief funny moments. The movie also had some interesting large cast of well known stars with John Malkovich whom I dubbed as the star performer despite having limited screen time. Orlando Bloom sadly looked old in this movie (totally unlike his performances as Legolas that made him became a ladies' favorite). While Noomi Rapace started to build her own rapport as lead star of thriller/action movies.

Now if you are a fan of a crime thriller movie with multiple twists through out the movie, combined with brief action sequences every now and then, you should give this one a try and see it for yourself. But if you are not a fan of such genre, or if you prefer a very intelligent crime thriller drama, then perhaps this would not really satisfy you.

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Three Days of the Condor meets Jason Bourne meets bio warfare. Nooni Rapace was excellent as the lead. Acting was superior all the way around. Plot was good with excellent pace. The 6 rating on this film is misleading and inaccurate in my opinion. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys spy/action flicks.

The movie is well done technically with a great cast but they don't really talk about the ideology nor do we really get to know the characters so we are left with lots of action with many twists but nothing you will remember half an hour after you see the credits. A decent time waster for VOD. if you are looking for a John La Carre novel sophistication look elsewhere.