He understands the importance of establishing the geography of an action scene, and using the space to let the combatants attack and defend.īut when the characters have to talk? Oh brother. Italian director Stefano Sollima (“Sicario: Day of the Soldado”) stages some brutally effective combat and one-on-one sequences. This puts Kelly in prison - but that’s a short side trip, because the powers that be, including Ritter and Defense Secretary Lacy (Guy Pearce), see the value in setting a vengeance-seeking weapon like Kelly loose on their apparent common enemy. Kelly wants revenge, and applies his SEAL skills to attack a Russian diplomat (Merab Ninidze, last seen in “The Courier”) to get the information he wants.
That same night, some of Kelly’s SEAL teammates are also killed - leading their boss, Commander Karen Greer (Jodie Turner-Smith), to suspect a link to that last mission in Syria. But Kelly’s hopes for domestic bliss and fatherhood are dashed one night, when assassins get into his house and murder Pam. Home, for Kelly, means his wife, Pam (Lauren London), who is eight months’ pregnant.
Even so, Kelly and the team kill the apparent bad guys and, mostly, make it home alive. The problem Kelly and his team face, while on a mission in Syria that kicks off the movie, is that their weaselly CIA liaison, Ritter (Jamie Bell), hasn’t told them what the real objective is. Jordan plays John Kelly, who we meet as a Navy SEAL, one of an elite squad who can go into any combat situation with precision, stealth and lethal efficiency. Jordan as the protagonist is a step in the right direction. After watching it, I’m still not convinced - but I know that casting Michael B. Before watching “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” I was dubious of the idea of trying to kickstart another franchise based on Clancy’s stories of espionage and military strikes.
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