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Last night I watched Sabotage (the 2014 Schwarzenegger film, rather than the 90s Mark Dacascos one).
This one is a gory tale of betrayal, conspiracy, and revenge, with Arnie's character, John 'Breacher' Wharton, the near-legendary leader of a DEA special ops team (like SWAT on steroids). In the opening sequence, they breach a drug cartel's compound, and, while there, put into a operation a cunning plan to disappear a sizeable sum of the cartel's money. And, from there, it goes downhill for the team fairly rapidly, with internal investigations and Wharton stuck behind a desk while the rest are benched. And then things get worse.
The viewer gets to uncover twists and motivations as the film goes on, with the film being a lot more character-driven than Arnie's 80s oeuvre, and the FBI's investigators, outside the close-knit team, serve as the secondary protagonists (and viewpoints). While the main chronology follows Wharton and the investigators, there is a good use of retrospective scenes that are intercut as clues to events are uncovered.
(I should note that I meant it about the gory - this movie pulls no punches when it comes to depictions of messy death, with a direct matter-of-factness and anatomical realism.)
Also, be warned, the story summary on IMDB gives away details that are much better discovered, as intended, by watching the film.
This one is a gory tale of betrayal, conspiracy, and revenge, with Arnie's character, John 'Breacher' Wharton, the near-legendary leader of a DEA special ops team (like SWAT on steroids). In the opening sequence, they breach a drug cartel's compound, and, while there, put into a operation a cunning plan to disappear a sizeable sum of the cartel's money. And, from there, it goes downhill for the team fairly rapidly, with internal investigations and Wharton stuck behind a desk while the rest are benched. And then things get worse.
The viewer gets to uncover twists and motivations as the film goes on, with the film being a lot more character-driven than Arnie's 80s oeuvre, and the FBI's investigators, outside the close-knit team, serve as the secondary protagonists (and viewpoints). While the main chronology follows Wharton and the investigators, there is a good use of retrospective scenes that are intercut as clues to events are uncovered.
(I should note that I meant it about the gory - this movie pulls no punches when it comes to depictions of messy death, with a direct matter-of-factness and anatomical realism.)
Also, be warned, the story summary on IMDB gives away details that are much better discovered, as intended, by watching the film.
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