A Former CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired to protect Lupita Ramos (Dakota Fanning), a 10-year-old girl living in Mexico City. After she is kidnapped, Creasy stops at nothing to get her back and deliver vengeance.

Tony Scott and Denzel Washington worked on four films together, and while I did enjoy this movie, I don't think it's the best of the four. Unstoppable will always be my favourite. The pacing is what lets this movie down for me. I really enjoyed the first half of the movie, where Dakota and Denzel are getting to know each other and driving her around. The second half just didn't work as well as I had hoped and was too long. The chemistry felt real and strong. Christopher Walken was as good as we know he can be, but I wished to see more of him in the film.

Denzel proved as to why he is one of the best actors in the business and is one of my all-time favourites. He does action scenes really well and is very believable, but where he really excels is the emotional scenes, Just by the look in his eyes, he loves what he does and gives it his all every time. Seeing him play Creasy who is a drunk and seems not really care for anyone, then meeting Lupita who gives him purpose was a happy moment to see. It gave the film and characters more depth when she is kidnapped. The villains did not have a lot of substance and were not that threatening.

I am not the biggest fan of slo-mo and I thought it was overused in this film and did not add anything to the film. The violence used while fun at times, was nothing more than that. The locations used were beautiful and I think the film is wonderfully shot with a great score to add to that.

The ending is one of the more emotional ones that I can remember. This is an above average revenge movie that had the potential to be so much more. 6/10.