Overall the film is definitely an enjoyable action film. Not one I would be able to watch more than once but definitely a film I could recommend to action flick fans to at least watch once.

The issue with the film is the story and writing is quite mediocre. Don't get me wrong, there are moments where the writing is quite brilliant and I had a small giggle but for the most part the lines fall flat and the dialogue all feels very forced and unnatural. The story itself is also nothing special and is just good enough to give the action context. But the focus point of this film is by far the action.

I don't know how much CGI was used in this film as all the action comes across as authentic and feels very real. This is because they used a lot of practical effects to ground the action sequences so any CGI added to these is not distinguishable from what is real and what is fake.

My only complaint about the action is that at times the cinematography and editing is all done too fast. Fast cuts, shaky cameras, fast pans, etc... When in actuality it was not needed as the stunts in this film are top class so I would have really enjoyed to have seen more of the stunts on film rather than to lose so much of the visuals to fast cuts/pans/shaky cam.

Another complaint about this film is the first 50 minutes really felt very directionless the story kind of jumps around and you have story sequences tossed in the middle of hectic action sequences with some over the top gore added in and it was just an awkward mess but suddenly after the 50 minute mark it almost becomes an entirely different film. The plot is a lot more focused, the action sequences are more focused and the over the top gore is just gone for the rest of the film.

In terms of the action sequences, one of the biggest issues with many modern day action flicks is that CGI is overused. There are some sequences in this film they easily could have saved money on and done fully in CGI but they didn't they did it in practical effect and added CGI layers on top and it just adds so much to the quality of these sequences. I can't even watch any new Fast Furious films as they are 100% over the top CGI - not here in this film. Everything while grandiose and visually amazing is all done in practical effects and the payoff is just so worth it.

If the film had better story and writing I could easily have rated it higher but alas beyond the epic action sequences and top quality acting the story and writing just falls flat thus the 6/10 I have given it.