Momentum 2015 (Movie Review)

Dir: Stephen Campanelli
Starring: Olga Kurylenko
Dur: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Action
Rating: 1.5/5
PG: Explicit violence and nearly every sentence is ‘embellished’ with an expletive.

The title signifies a build up that transforms from little to large, but no such thing happened. Alexis (Olga Kurylenko), is an ex-CIA agent who has been ousted and labelled as a terrorist. Her skills are unique and are tapped by her ex-boyfriend. who shared a relationship with her. The film opens with a group of thieves who steal diamonds from a bank. The opening itself, though intriguing, with suits that would add glam to a dance routine, and voice disguise units, gives away a bad image. The camera work is a bit shoddy. The excess of foul language jars against the ears. The heist is successful except for one snag, one of the group members decides he is done taking orders and jostles with the leader, in the bargain he is killed and the leader is exposed.

Alexis witnesses the murder of her ex and is subsequently pursued. We follow her, in a nightgown and barefoot, as she does her best to get them off her back. The film is wholly centred on this chase. Till the very end, this cat-and-mouse game continues; although towards the end, the roles kind of shift. The brutality and violence makes one cringe. The dialogues are mediocre and the cast is discouraging. The film is gory and crude. Morgan Freeman plays an egotistical senator who is looking to retrieve a drive with information that could compromise a lot of people that was stashed along with the diamonds that were stolen.


Olga plays the sly heroine well. The story doesn’t have much to go on with. It’s pretty much like a see-saw, catch and run kind of thing. Not worth the time and definitely not worth the money.    

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