Tom Clancy's Gnadenlos

This movie's story line is nothing like the book. However, even if it hadn't tried to steal popularity from a very good book, I would still give it the lowest rating possible. The plot seems to have been written by folks thrown out of QAnon for being too paranoid. The action is in the modern-preposterous style, and the escapes are......sorry, my side was hurting from laughter as I thought back on how silly they were. Don't waste even a minute of your time on this.

If you're a fan of good acting and a well scripted storyline, prepare to be disappointed. If you have read the novel, it's even worse.

There are thousands of other movies that are far far worse than this. 1 or 2 star rating is really not accurate. Wasnt the best movie I have ever seen but I was entertained and enjoyed it.

Without Remorse is probably my favorite Tom Clancy book - imagine my excitement when I see it's been turned into a movie and then my utter disappointment after realizing that the only thing this movie has in common with the book are the title and the names of a few characters.

To add insult to injury, what follows is a bland storyline with at times nonsensical situations.

A generic shoot-'em-up that Hollywood used to do with Westerns ever since they began making movies. It doesn't matter that there's the military, espionage and geopolitical conspiracies involved in the Tom Clancy variation on the formula; it's always the same thing. The baddie and his red herring are so obvious that one of them might as well be wearing a black hat. But, sure, the action is standard, if darkly lit, and Michael B. Jordan fits the part of a muscular star to recognizably pose between the rest of the interchangeable tropes. Maybe you'll even find "Without Remorse" a bit fun with him not playing by the rules, out for revenge as he is. For crying out loud, we even get a mid-credits scene setting up a franchise.

When a movie is this dull, I start desperately looking for something to be worth my attention. One character makes a point regarding the Cold War having brought Americans together, whereas now without a common enemy one half sees the other half as the enemy. That comes too late to matter, though. There's also the business of Jordan's character telling his enemies to say his murdered wife's name. That got me thinking about the SayHerName campaign, but the picture doesn't do anything with its star being an African American, and in one sequence he takes out an entire squad of Russian police officers who are just doing their jobs. So, yeah, there's nothing here.