Survivor (2015) - The Bourne survivor

Matt Damon plays an employee of the secret services who is wrongly-accused of a crime he didn’t commit and is relentlessly pursued across a major European city by those – supposedly – on his own side.  That would be the plot of – pretty much all – ‘Bourne’ films.  Now, if you remove Matt Damon and insert Milla Jovovich in the lead then you basically have ‘Survivor.’

Having watched the film, I can honestly say I can’t think of a single thing wrong with it.  That might make it sound good.  However, the problem lies in the fact that I also can’t think of a single thing that’s right with it, either!  It’s just totally run-of-the-mill and/or by-the-numbers.  You could pretty much take any leading star (male or female) and have them chased around a city a bit while they try and prove their innocence and bring down the baddie then you have this.

Milla Jovovich starts out like your average office employee (well, average employee of a secret government  department).  What I’m getting at is that she is never presented as being trained as a special forces field agent.  She comes across as little more than a pen-pushing secretary.  However, as soon as she’s in danger she turns into her ‘Alice’ character from the Resident Evil franchise and starts kicking the blue blazers out of anyone who crosses her.  Apart from Pierce Brosnan.  Yes, he’s is in it, too.  I almost forgot about him.  Yes, he’s chasing poor old Milla.  He’s sort of like a less threatening Terminator, only without the foreboding presence of Arnie.  He’s a charming enough actor if given the right material to work with, however he hasn’t got enough to do here to make him stand out.

If you like your ‘spy’ films where the hero has to ‘out’ the villain in their own organisation and/or prevent some sort of disaster then you should like this.  It’s one of those films where if you’re a fan of the genre and haven’t had to actually pay to watch it (I watched it on Netflix, so it’s part of my bundle!) then you probably won’t feel too ripped off.  I’m just sure glad I never paid full price for a cinema ticket to sit through this.

5/10 a hard trek, a bit like unicycling to Mordor and back