Interceptor

Interceptor is about putting on a show, and Pataky has the muscular charisma to carry it.

It is such an old-fashioned action film that it practically plays like a discarded Chuck Norris script, just with some modern gender politics and social issues in play (although someone like Cynthia Rothrock could have easily headlined almost exactly the same film in the ‘80s).

While it’s not going to make a star of Pataky or anyone watching a sudden convert to Netflix’s mockbuster oeuvre, it’ll make for a decent summer snack until something better lands.

Interceptor checks all the boxes in terms of making an action film that will grab the audience's attention, have one root for the hero, and let out a few chuckles (especially for one horribly done cameo) before promptly forgetting the movie exists.

The fun is not always contagious, even for someone like me who grew up reading Tom Clancy’s wonky Cold War fantasias.

A cut-rate cast, green director and a script so bad it wouldn’t attract betters actors or directors is no way to rebuild public confidence in your business, or its “Netflix Original” movies.

movie that looks like its own poster 29 June 2022 - 2 out of 4 users found this review helpful. This is good thriller this is a real feminist. There seems to be everything good in the Resident Evil and Cube series and movies like that in this movie. The actions are all right. Story have some lacks but generally good.

Decent or mostly okay. Elsa Pataky is a good and likable lead for this kind of film with plenty of good action and a mostly original premise. The bad guy in this film (Luke Bracey) is one-note with almost no characterization and mostly throwaway dialogue that feels like it was taken from some 90s action film. The CGI is also spotty at times and feels very low budget in some sequences. "Interceptor" isn't a bad film, all in all, it's a decent throwback to 90s action movies with a likable lead and a few (very) funny cameos by Chris Hemsworth.

A slightly worse film than average. The CGI was appalling, the acting was average, the story was ok but has been done so many times before. The accent of the protagonist was difficult to understand at times - they had to introduce her as Spanish! I probably wouldn't watch it again!

(Mauro Lanari) Marital matters: Chris Hemsworth has been married to Elsa Pataky since 2010 and they have three children together. To help his model wife's career, Chris invents a B movie directed by a stranger, is its executive producer and appears in it as the laid-back salesman at a big box consumer electronics store. The product falls within the Netflix standards and the particularly delusional script will make it hard to forget.

I’ll be blunt: this felt like a considerable piece of nonsense. The kind of movie that takes itself extremely seriously while the audience can’t help wondering whether it’s an accidental joke. It **** premise borders on caricature: imminent nuclear threat, isolated military base, lone heroine facing exaggerated villains. Everything is treated with such solemnity that it would almost be charming if it weren’t so artificial. The film tries to blend social commentary, military tension and old-school action, but nothing truly works.Elsa Pataky commits physically to the role, no question. She handles the action scenes with presence and effort. The issue isn’t her — it’s the writing. The script feels flat, the dialogue sounds mechanical and the antagonists verge on parody. Since Fast & Furious, there seems to be an attempt to shape her into a full-fledged action heroine, but here the packaging can’t hide the **** fight sequences carry some energy, yet they constantly slip into exaggeration. Several moments provoke unintended laughter rather than tension. The whole project feels like a straight-to-video 90s thriller upgraded with streaming gloss and a recognizable producer’s ****’s not just weak — it’s clumsy, simplistic and deeply forgettable. Watchable in the most superficial sense, perhaps, but there’s very little to redeem it.