On the other side of the story is Robert Knepper as the villainous Johnson. He is not required to do much more than be the bad guy, seemingly cut from the same cloth as Timothy Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard. While there is not much to the role, Knepper is fantastic in it. He has proven himself capable of being truly evil as Bagwell on Prison Break, and he does not disappoint here, giving Johnson an oily demeanor that is easy to hate.
The film was directed by Olivier Megaton, a man with a name perfect for the action genre. He does a fine job here of keeping everything on track, giving us action sequences that can be seen (meaning there is no overuse of shaky-cam). Everything is well made, if straightforward. This is a movie for action fans, there is little else to offer. For some, that is more than enough.
Bottom line. This is a fun movie, not really "good" in the traditional sense, but it is a well made and well executed action film. If you want to see cars flying down long stretches of road, if you want to see nicely choreographed action, all wrapped in a story that holds itself together. For a fun time at the movies, you could do much worse.
Recommended.
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