Gridlocked (2015)
Starring Dominic Purcell, Cody Hackman, Stephen Lang, Vinnie Jones, Danny Glover, Trish Stratus, Richard Gunn, Steve Byers,
Directed by Allan Ungar
The Story:
SWAT leader David Hendrix (Purcell) is recovering from being wounded in the line of duty. Officials team him with troubled movie star Brody Walker (Hackman) as part of some court-ordered rehabilitation. However, their ride-along is short-lived as a visit to Hendrix's crew is interrupted by some bad guys attempting to infiltrate where the SWAT team hangs out. Can the skeleton crew outlast the assault, or are they all doomed to fail?
Nothing too terribly ground-breaking to this one.
We've all seen the movies where the cops are assaulted by an outside force that has somehow gotten the edge on how to get in.
Is someone on the team a turncoat?
Well, there is the new guy, and of course that seems suspicious...
With the addition of the cocky movie star, he provides a wrinkle to the story, and some much needed comic relief throughout.
A little longer than it needed to be, and some clunky narrative and dialogue throughout, it's not a horrible B-movie, but one that lacks any redeeming charm to make it a cult favorite or a repeat viewing.
Purcell comes out of this one quite nicely. He's got the look for Hollywood action films, but seems to be doing just fine on television with a return to Prison Break and his role on Legends of Tomorrow, which I really need to start watching when it arrives on Netflix.
:)
Final Grade: C
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