![]() Aaron Eckhardt was just one second away from accidentally yelling "RACHEL!" ala Dark Knight. ![]() as good as he can be, which means he's alright, as an action hero for the first time in a while, and more believable than a Leonidas or whatever. Fuqua, in the mold of Milius, really has his heart-thumping loud and proud as an All-American, but he injects real red-meat and vigor into his direction of the action, which has its chaos but is never hard to follow or disorientating (or it's more controlled chaos to put it another way). It knows what it is - jingoistic, idiotic drivel - but it's well shot and competently acted idiotic drivel if that makes sense. Like Milius' Red Dawn (though not quite as accomplished technically), it's both completely indefensible substantively and yet a very enjoyable action film all the same.
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