Disillusioned by civilian life after their tour in Iraq, a quintet of veterans (Rick Amsbury, Omar Tucci, Mason Cromwell, Greg Johnston, Glen Eagle) decide to steal a weapon shipment from the gouvernment to sell to some foreign operator. Now the shipment is small enough and presumably insignificant enough they don't even see their act as unpatriotic, and their plan seems fool-proof: They have figured out the weakest link in the shipment's route to steal the weapons, they have a buyer in place, and if everything works out like it should, and with their training there's no reason why it should not, they'll come into a considerable sum of money at the end of the day. Thing is, things don't go as planned as the shipment rather unexpectedly also included a android prototype (alternately played by Riley Lewis and Michael Manosca) that was to be destroyed but was accidently activated by our heroes, and now it works off its programming that's to kill everyone in sight and eventually detonate for maximum destruction. And of course, our veterans are the first in the android's way ...

Now one thing up front, this is a film that's not very heavy on characterization or character arcs, as frankly highly skilled and well-.trained marines with no traumas to mention very rately make even remotely interesting characters to begin with. But that also works for this movie, as without much focus on its characters it works rather like a clockwork slasher that delivers its suspense and shocks in a very orderly manner, but the decision to set the film in a military enviroment makes things new and interesting nevertheless, making for a very solid, enjoyable piece of horror/sci-fi/thriller entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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