Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien) and his girlfriend was on holiday at a beach when a group of terrorists attacked. His girlfriend was killed and that triggered Mitch to train himself to be an assassin so that he could get revenge. 

If you read the synopsis above, you might think that this is a typical revenge story. Welp, it's not. The revenge part is just short. Then, the main character got sucked into a world of spies and CIA shit. I have to say, the revenge part, which is at the first 10 to 20 minutes of the film is very intriguing for me. The rest of the film?? Hmm... Not so much. To be honest, this movie is boring. 

The story is kinda ridiculous. A man who train himself to be an assassin is hired by the CIA to do some shit. Of course, when talking about CIA, then ought to be some secret program to train people into spies. The main character got thrown into that secret training program for, I don't know, maybe 2 days??? and then got permission to join a mission. Oh wow. 

The training scenes are hilarious. I did not mean it in a good way. It's unnecessary and it's just a poor excuse to introduce the main character to the Micheal Keaton's character - Stan Hurley, the secret program instructor. There's nothing cool about the training scenes. I thought it was going to be a tough program but nope. 

Furthermore, the pacing is slow. Characters spend too much time talking to each other about how people should not take this shit personal and only focus on the mission. For fuck's sake, there isn't even a love scene. You know, if a movie is bad, but there's a scene where the main characters make love for a few seconds, you would be thinking "Welp, at least the sex scene is good.". Nope, nope. This movie has no sex scene, no lovey dovey. There is a moment of tension between the main character and his female colleague and they were in a bathroom. But nope. He beat the shit out of her. Literally. 

In terms of acting, Dylan O'Brien did an okay job. I think the material he was given to work with is lacking something. The character lacks... conviction? Like he doesn't know whether he's a brat with a mouth or just an emo guy. 

The script also does not bring the best out of Micheal Keaton. Like, what a waste. Micheal kept talking and talking and talking, it bored the shit out of me. 

Apart from that, the action is meh. There are no over the top spy action shit. Just regular shooting and stabbing and brawling. The main character spends too much time fighting nobodies. For example, there's this scene where he breaks into an apartment and he takes so much time to kill one bodyguard. Like hell, kill him already!! The title of the movie suggests that this movie would be filled with cool assassinations. Hahahahahaha.... Nope. No assassinations in here. 

All in all, I would recommend you to skip this movie because it is boring. The story is uninteresting, the action is not intriguing, and the characters just won't stop talking. 

1 star out of 5. 

SYNOPSIS: 

Jacob (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a plain, married suit and tie guy, was sent to prison for a crime he unintentionally did. In prison, he quickly learned that he needed to adapt or die. 

I have to admit, I was interested in seeing this movie because Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (damn it's hard to type his name) a.k.a the infamous Jamie Lannister a.k.a the kingslayer is in it. This guy is damn good in Game of Thrones and I was intrigued that he is willing to star in a prison gangster film. 

I have to say, Nikolaj is the best thing about this movie. His acting is on point. At first he is portraying this tough, scary prison gang member and then during flashbacks, he seems like total nerd. That's good acting. The whole appearance change from nerdy to frightening formidable guy is also impressive. I'm not talking only about the looks. His presence, his persona... Damn, this guy is good. 

Talking about acting, the supporting characters are also awesome. Jacob's wife, Kate, played by Lake Bell is also a good character birthed from good acting. Another outstanding actor is Jon Bernthal a.k.a The Punisher who played Jacob's fellow gang member, Shotgun. 

I can say that all actors and actresses in this movie did a really good job. 

The story and plot is also outstanding. The transitions between real time scenes and flashbacks go smoothly and do not seem out of place. The pacing is nice. It's not too fast and not too slow. I don't know how to describe it but it is nice. It glued me to my seat. I don't feel bored at all. 

Furthermore, this movie is beautifully shot. The camera angles and picture edit made me think, "Oh, this would make a beautiful photo." a few times. I am pretty impressed with the director. 

Apart from that, the fight scenes are bloody and kinda realistic. It is not over elaborated. All of them are prison style. Shanks, clumsy brawls and etc.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoy this movie and hoping that there would be a part two because the main character can be seen as necessary evil or something like that. The actors are awesome and the story is well written. 

5 stars from me.