Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
Matylda Swan
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.
pickerdad
This movie fails in the first 10 minutes. I switched it off immediately. We see a man (presumably the protagonist) and his assistant in a high-tech lab presenting their investigation into a number of CIA-created super-security devices which they use to keep America safe. He demonstrates they all have fatal flaws and that his team were able to defeat all of them, using some scientific tools and techniques. None of these are even remotely credible, as any engineer or scientist would attest, but OK, suspend disbelief. Then he reveals privately to the head of the CIA team that all of the devices are at risk BECAUSE NO PATENTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED.Does not a single person associated with the movie know what a Patent is? To register a patent, you must publish a detailed explanation of the device to show that it is unique, and that it is based on original work. Not only does it not keep the invention secret, it actually publishes exactly what it is and how it works, IT GUARANTEES THAT THE WORK IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL TO ANYONE IN THE WORLD WHO ASKS FOR A COPY.A patent only protects an invention commercially. If someone else claims the same invention as their own and tries to sell devices using the patented design or process, the patent owner can force them to stop production, and also sue for damages. The very countries that the CIA would want to stop, China Russia, North Korea and so on, are immune from patent claims because they simply do not acknowledge the authority of the US Patent office, or any US Laws.To keep an invention secret, one has to do exactly that, tell no one how it works, even those who are manufacturing it. And definitely NOT Patent it.
vostf
I just realized that direct-to-video no longer means much nowadays, but well it used to mean a movie made on the cheap. Actually Erased, aka The Expatriate is pretty well-made technically: camera work, editing and Aaron Eckart are pretty fine. But both titles sound like a cheap movie and the script is cheap indeed. It is all about a boilerplate conspiracy chase with action every other reel and bits of exposition in between. So instead of feeling fast-paced it feels shaky, all the more so as the conspiracy is lame and the daughter character is very weak.
SnoopyStyle
Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) is a security technology researcher in Belgium for the Halgate Group. His daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) is not happy with the move after losing her mother. He reports a missing patent in their tech to his boss Derek Kohler. Later, he discovers that the office suddenly cleared out and the head office has no records of him. A co-worker kidnaps them but Ben manages to kill him. Clues lead to his former life with co-worker Anna Brandt (Olga Kurylenko) and a vast murderous conspiracy.There is a bit of Bourne and Taken but less. It has Eckhart. It should be good but it's only passable. The setup is interesting but any early momentum slowly fades away. It becomes formulaic without anything new or particularly great. The action is lacking something special. Having the daughter presents some potential but it ends up being more of the same. This needs some imagination and sizzle to elevate it to a higher level.
petralyn
I needn't go into a bunch movie land mumbo jumbo about this film I will say first, Eckhart whispering ala Southerland is totally out of place. The script is filled with cliché after cliché. specifically Libertino acting the innocent teenager is quite off putting. She fills the screen with the most insipid dialog through out the movie. Even the bad guys are like copies of every other spy movie produced--heavy handed, and bound to lose the fight.Both protagonists get shot, but amazingly recover sufficiently to work at discovering the traitor amongst the CIA who plotted with a corp CEO from Chicago. Of course he was from Chicago ending up in the streets of Antwerp. Even the sound track is not very encouraging being rather bland when compared to other more well done movie. Kill Bill comes to mind first. We have our requisite shoot out in the parking garage and a bomb which settle the movie ex machina style.Clearly, this movie was not made for the American market. It is an export product where the dialog can be made to more effectively reflect European tastes.
