Raised by her father in a small town in the middle of the New Mexico desert, Parker became a soldier for the American special forces. When her father died, killed in the collapse of the mine he owned on his land, near the bar he managed, she returned to the site, and quickly suspected that something other than an accident had happened. . Especially since Elvis, the son of a powerful local politician and brother of one of his exes, seems involved in strange trafficking…
Jessica Alba in turn gives in to the action film fashion in her image, perhaps after having tasted the field in the series “Los Angeles: Bad girls”, derived from the “Bad Boys” saga. Following in the footsteps of Jennifer Lopez, who delivered “The Mother” and “Atlas” to Netflix, she appears here as a tough woman who is not afraid of a fight, skillfully handles weapons and punches , and dispenses justice. In an uninhibited creative outburst, the film’s publicists even evoke a cross between Rambo and John Wick!
A scenario without surprises
A tempting promise, but which is, unfortunately, far from being kept. If Jessica Alba, always radiant, does her best in action scenes and does not hesitate to highlight the Latina community in the United States (she has Mexican origins through her father), she is not served by a scenario that is more than routine and without surprises.
As for the direction, entrusted to Mouly Surya, an Indonesian whose “Marlina, the killer in four acts” had been presented at the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, she struggles to carry out her plot, clearly suffering from a limited budget. Even if the film is currently number 1 in Netflix’s top 10, it is more reminiscent of a new video offered in the second half of the evening on the most penniless TNT channels than a backfiring blockbuster.
American action film by Mouly Surya, with Jessica Alba, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Michael Hall, Jake Weary (1h45). On Netflix
