Mine (2017)
Not Rated
Starring Armie Hammer, Tom Cullen, Annabelle Wallis
Written and Directed by Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro
The Story:
After an aborted mission, Marine sniper Mike (Hammer) must make his way to an extraction point with his partner (Cullen) to make it to safety. However, when they wander through an old mine field, Mike triggers one but stops before he steps off and it can explode. There is a small chance that the mine is a dud, ruined by years of exposure. Help is about a day away from arriving. Can his mind and body endure waiting that long for a chance at survival?
A psychological war thriller, this one rests squarely on the shoulders of Hammer to carry nearly the entire picture, oftentimes very much alone.
With material by the Brothers Fabio, who sound more like Italian restaurant owners or possibly Mafia family members than writer directors, they don't do too bad for their first feature.
The problem, the movie was a little long, and what Mike has to endure is almost too much to suspend disbelief for.
One of these days, Hammer is going to get the movie that makes people stand up and notice and make him a star.
This is still not that movie.
But, a good first step for the writer/director tandem, and another film that distances Hammer from The Lone Ranger fiasco from a few years back.
Final Grade: C
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