Hidden Strike

PG-13

7/28/20231h 43m

Digital Release (US)

~ There is a plan. They just don't know what it is. ~

Overview:

Two elite soldiers must escort civilians through a gauntlet of gunfire and explosions.

Director:

Scott Waugh

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$80,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

middle east
special forces
buddy film
buddy movie
green zone
highway of death

Cast

Jackie Chan

~ as ~

Dragon Luo

John Cena

~ as ~

Chris

Ma Xinrui

~ as ~

Mei

Jiang Wenli

~ as ~

Professor Cheng

Xu Jia

~ as ~

Shen Wei

Gong Jun

~ as ~

Hai Ming

Rima Zeidan

~ as ~

Li Yan

Hou Minghao

~ as ~

Assistant Ning

Pilou Asbæk

~ as ~

Paddock

Amadeus Serafini

~ as ~

Henry

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Reviews (1)

M
MovieGuys
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Hidden Strike is a functional East meets West, military action thriller.

There's reasonable chemistry between Jackie Chan and John Cena. Both are likeable and function well together, as an action duo.Chan has a well established background in this kind of film, backed by decent martial arts skills, that are, once again, on display. Cena has an imposing physical presence that works equally as well. It helps no end either, that both can actually act.

Where this film falls down somewhat is it feels a little random. I think the key issue is there is a lack of building cohesive momentum towards a final show down, with the bad guy. Instead, what you get is a series of well choreographed gun and fight scenes, that feel "loosely thrown together" in a way that sort of works, just not terribly well.

Had more thought be put into linking these scenes into a more cohesive thematic story, it would have been a much better experience.

In summary, decent action, decent chemistry between the action buddy duo. Let down somewhat by an overly loose and disjointed approach, to the overriding action sequences and the basic story they are supposed to help tell.