The 2nd

Experienced director Brian Skiba seemed like this was his first directing job. Long dragged out scenes, especially the fights and gun battles - to the point of ridiculousness. Were the fights choreographed by the WWE? The writing by the two newb writers was terrible. Too many cliched, sappy and cheesy lines. A 5th grader could've done better. So one of the bad girls just happens to have two swords in her bag? Ya, ok. Way too many dumb plot and technical issues. The 93 min runtime felt way too long with the unnecessary long dragged out and ridiculous scenes. Was this film even edited? The score was ok for a B-grade film, and the acting was decent for the most part, as was the cinematography. That's about it. A generous 4/10 from me.

Written and played by stunts while the director was asleep..

I agree with other reviewers, the acting is bad. Ryan Phillips does a fairly decent job despite what he was given. But the story writing was horrendous and no amount of good acting could make this movie good. Cheesy action scenes, one where they're fighting and the guy stops and to say a cheesy line and leaves by vanishing behind the doorway. He eventually comes back. It's dumb... and really bad writing. Worse is the ending, because there isn't one. Not for the judgement on the 2nd amendment and not for Ryan Phillips' character. In the end we're left with "who are these guy that just showed up out of no where?" There's 2nd amendment under tones in here. It was as if the writers and producers were confused with issues on gun laws. They're bad but in order to make a good movie we need guns and violence. You could clearly see the conflicting messages in it. Dumb movie, dumb writing, and cringe worthy acting.

The script is so terrible that it could have been written by a 12 year old, and the directing is even worse. Some of the main actors try hard but their lines are just plain cringe worthy. I find it difficult to believe that people get paid to make movies this bad.

The 2nd doesn't quite make it as a B movie. Poor casting is mostly to blame, but the script and direction are appalling. Casper Van Dien has a vague star quality about him, but is poorly cast as the baddie. The 'climatic' fight sequence is absolutely laughable. The whole film isn't quite 'so bad it's entertaining', as 'so bad it's actually verging on very bad'. Luckily for our damsel in distress, there happens to be a teenager out to rescue her who can defeat a whole squad of ex-special forces soldiers with a few punches. The funniest part of the film is where he teleports out of a building to save Erin at the last moment. Another couple of things worth mentioning is that the Director of the CIA appears to live in a tiny flat like the cheap, scummy flat I lived in when I was out of work and Ryan Phillippe seems to be about ten years older than Jack Griffo who plays his son. The set up at the end for a sequel is embarrassing. Let's hope there isn't a 'The 3rd'.

Momentum Pictures presents a Lucid Film production in association with Fury Film Franchise it looks like a movies from the 50s. Looks and sounds like a low budget film. This isn't an action film. Didn't do a good job at all in any of it. Scenes weren't thought out well. Bad angles bad lighting bad music bad acting bad story line. I was looking forward to this movie with Ryan he was great and the other two well know actors Casper Van Dien and Richard Bergi also great. I'm so sad this was so bad :((

What a waste of time. Worst acting by every actor and actress.

Opening lines Man "Hello?" Man 2 "Child, is that you?" Man "Yes, Father. I'm listening." This exchange accurately sums up the quality of the movie ahead. Ryan and others have such terrible lines it's painful. Throw in a few first time actors playing college students along with some poor action scenes and this one is a bomb from start to finish. Ryan is listed as a producer. Brian Skiba listed as a director, it says he directed 22 films since 2009 but none of them are noteworthy. Add this one to the list.

Wow. I'm so sad. Purchased this movie on the day it came out because I love Ryan Phillipe. This has to be his worst movie ever. The dialogue is that of a first semester film student, at best. The action sequences are slow and drawn out, to a painful point. There is a lot of stopping to say something..... stupid. Best part of the movie? All of the subtitles that say "uuugghhh" "Argh" and "aggressive grunt". Hahahaha Skip it. Watch the Lincoln Lawyer again if you are looking for a Phillipe movie.

Interesting premise for a movie but appalling acting and even worse continuity. It just did not work no matter how hard I wanted it to. Save yourself the pain and suffering.