(Flash Review)

I had forgot Michael Bay directed this and when it was all over and I looked I said, "Ahhhh yes, that makes total sense." As it was a sensory overload. An excess of action, rapid edits, objects in the camera frame, blood spraying and splattering, guns endlessly firing and people dying graphic deaths. The theme of the movie is there is a lot of evil in the world, how extreme would you go to change things? A pack of highly trained soldier type people take matters into their own hands after erasing themselves from the lives they once knew and are now freed to fulfill their passion of ending tyranny around the globe. The main story is some Middle East dictator is oppressing his people. I forgot the country which is unimportant as maximizing action is the goal of this shoot 'em up. The movie kicks off with an outstanding long opening action scene with entertaining car chases mixed with immature and irreverent humor compared with the professional seriousness of Ronin for example. Later it turns into the current modern action movie template for high energy, over the top, brutal gun and explosion bloodbath. They do poke fun at themselves and at least know their place. To sum it up, it is an energy drink mixed with Nerds mixed with spicy Doritos.