In this military sci-fi from Legendary and Netflix, and from director Nic Mathieu, there's a civil war raging in Moldova, and US troops have been deployed to help bring peace. However, they encounter a strange phenomenon: ghostly beings, invisible to the naked eye, who can kill a person just by touching them. The army summons DARPA engineer Clyne (James Badge Dale) to the warzone to help determine what they are dealing with, and he's teamed with an elite Delta Force squad and CIA agent Madison (Emily Mortimer).
Here's another flashy, expensive looking effort that debuted on the Netflix streaming service rather than receive a theatrical release. The plot is fairly routine, lifting elements from various preceding military sci-fi flicks such as Aliens, while the visual style is a lot of warzone debris, smoke, and grime, with a lot of explosions and gunfire. The nature of the ghost beings is a mystery for the film's first half, but my choice for where to post this review is a minor spoiler in how that plays out. The performances are nothing but perfunctory. In the end, the movie feels like watching someone else playing a mediocre videogame for 100 minutes.
Here's another flashy, expensive looking effort that debuted on the Netflix streaming service rather than receive a theatrical release. The plot is fairly routine, lifting elements from various preceding military sci-fi flicks such as Aliens, while the visual style is a lot of warzone debris, smoke, and grime, with a lot of explosions and gunfire. The nature of the ghost beings is a mystery for the film's first half, but my choice for where to post this review is a minor spoiler in how that plays out. The performances are nothing but perfunctory. In the end, the movie feels like watching someone else playing a mediocre videogame for 100 minutes.