The film, “Survivor” released in 2015 in theatres and received mostly negative reviews from sites such as Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, and IMDB. The negative reviews included ridicule of the unrealism of events that took place and a tedious script. However, the movie received mostly positive reviews on Amazon, Netflix, and Google Play Movies & TV. The positive reviews included praise for the non-action and its cinematography. Overall the movie received mixed reviews and depending on the website you go to, you will see mostly negative or mostly positive reviews. Milla Jovovich stars in the film as Kate Abbott, a secret service agent who works for the American Embassy to help prevent terrorists from coming into the country after experiencing her friends’ deaths in the 9/11 attack. New to the Embassy in London from Washington D.C., she goes about her business on the job as she normally did before but comes across a suspicious terrorist during a Visa approval process. Roger Rees who stars as the suspected terrorist, goes and reports to his boss about the incident. The boss’ hired hands set out to assassinate Kate for her high intelligence by planting an inconspicuous bomb in a restaurant that Abbott and her colleagues go to for their executive, Bill Talbot’s (actor Robert Forster) birthday. Due to a last minute decision to buy a gift for Bill at a next door gift shop, Kate escapes with little injury and is confronted by a professional hitman, The Watchmaker (actor Pierce Brosman) who fails to murder her by an exploding nearby gas canister. She later runs to a park and meets Bill who corners her then attempts to shoot her but fails by his gun being flipped on himself through being wrestled. Shot and killed by accident, she flees and is framed for the incident. Desperate to chase after the radicals who plans to fly to America, Kate looks up to friends and colleagues to assist her in her escape from pursuers and the UK. She receives intel of Emil’s (the suspected terrorist) whereabouts from breaking into her locked down workplace and flies to New York City, where Emil and the Watchmaker plan to Bomb the city to make stock market profits. When she arrives, she follows the incendiaries and succeeds in preventing the planned event from tasking place. She is later applaud for saving millions of lives. The film to me is a great film due to its non-stop action and intense score, but every movie has its faults and can’t be perfect. For example, Milla’s character seems to be indestructible. Every time she gets in a situation where she is face to face with her pursuers, she conveniently escapes with little to no harm. Even when she gets injured her wounds have fast healing abilities. Another criticism I have is that the plot doesn’t call enough attention to other main characters’ lore. Some of my favorite quotes from the movie include, “Fucking technology.” Because technology can be a pain, “Yeah, it is. Kate, there were over a million people out there tonight, and you saved them all.” because it showed Kate as a hero.
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