Film: Redemption Day
Starring: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia
Director: Hicham Hajji
Rating: **
Reviewer: George Sylex
Overview - Redemption Day spends quite a while developing toward its inescapable ending, an all-inclusive attack of an oppressor compound in Algeria. Of course, to state the story "works" toward that peak is somewhat of a mistake. The screenplay by director Hicham Hajji, Sam Chouia, and Lemore Syvan sets up its significant inconvenience and afterward defers the weapon upbeat finale for as long as could be expected under the circumstances.
Redemption Day follows Brad Paxton (Gary Dourdan), an enlivened U.S. Marine skipper who sets out on a challenging mission to save his seized spouse Kate (Serinda Swan) from fear mongers in Morocco. In the background, Ambassador Williams (Andy Garcia) endeavors to deal with the circumstance while keeping up his efficient interest. There's a shell of an important encounter here. Hajii's rah-rah introduction peruses of machismo patriotism from the outset, however his screenplay eventually goes about as a scrutinize of the US's malignant in the background rehearses. One can perceive how a cunning producer could compare messy activity outlines with the hard-hitting certainties covered under, possibly scrutinizing the manners in which our administration offers its mobilized personality to the crowded.
Hajii mistakes self-earnestness for aesthetic reason, riding the generally level cast with over-composed castigations that seldom sound accurate. The material strains for insightful maxims, yet the sensational edges feel automated in their excessively schematic plan. As an action film, the no need to go there again idea comes up short on the dynamism or coarseness to veil the undeniable specialized impediments. As a dramatization with a more noteworthy political reason, the inconvenient experiences seldom interface with significant explanations. I give Hajji kudos for making a dangers inside the thriller class plots, however his film lands in a cloudy quagmire of average quality in virtually every aspect.
Andy Garcia is one of those actors who will convey his all in a job regardless of whether everything around him in a film is self-destructing around him. He has a delicately evolved part as a represetative attempting to help Brad. On the in addition to side, Brad is certifiably not a too indestructible saint and needs a huge load of help to get to Kate. It's something little, however Brad turning into a last demonstration one-man murdering machine wouldn't fit with the tone. The last demonstration is extraordinarily dim. On account of the majority of the characters wearing dull garments it's a test attempting to select Brad and Younes. Possibly the most unusual piece of the film is the last scene, which closes on a cliffhanger as though to propose there will be sufficient interest in Redemption Day to warrant a continuation.
Final Word - Redemption Day is plainly attempting to be a more thing than the unknown potboiler that many may at first excuse it as being - the issue is that it simply doesn't invest sufficient effort to make it work in any important manner.
An Imperfectly Developed Thriller!
