Why does poor Olga have to take so many C-tier `genre: Violence` films? I just left, then deleted, this review on another film before realizing it was actually _this_ film I had seen. They're so bloody similar. She deserves to have the lead in a well written film, but I have yet to see it.

I always like James Purefoy whether he's playing a Boy Scout or a villain, and Olga always gives her best whether she's the lead, and the film is trash, or when she's just there to fill in the male lead's dance card. This is the former, rather than the latter (eg: _Oblivion_, which I just watched). The much better version of the latter would be _Quantum of Solace_, where she was a real character instead of just a love interest, and the violence had a purpose. To contrast, this one exemplifies gratuitous violence and brutality.

The director clearly has a fetish for violence and torture involving women, and extremely juvenile character archetypes. That's enough for me to pass it up, but the former didn't come until further into the film, and Olga puts in a great performance that I still remember though I had forgotten I had seen this.

Don't bother. I'm not sure why I did.