Robots in action were cool.
Otherwise, it was just a funny piece. Black native Ukrainians speaking American English to black American soldiers. I am not even going into all the mess with scenery and language. Those are understood.
The main character is completely out of sync with his role and supposed mentality. Army officers behave like teenage campers. Combat scenes so flawed that it's apparent even to a civilian like me.
So you can watch it if you got nothing else to do. With a bottle of beer or a glass of whiskey. Not a genuine cinematic experience. Don't expect too much.
Outside the Wire
2021
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Outside the Wire
2021
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
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Outside the Wire
Outside the Wire is a futuristic Training Day meets I Robot via The Terminator.
Set in the year 2036. Eastern Europe is in civil war with the US is serving a peacekeeping mission.
Harp (Damson Idris) is a young drone pilot operating out of Nevada. For disobeying orders, Harp is court martialed and sent to the demilitarized zone in Eastern Europe. The aim is for him to learn about his mistake as he mingles among human soldiers at the sharp end.
He meets Captain Leo (Anthony Mackie) who is an enhanced cyborg soldier. Harp will go with Captain Leo on a special mission to go after a warlord who wants to get hold of some nuclear missiles.
Whereas Harp faces anger from other soldiers over his mistake. Captain Leo seems to be more forgiving but he is operating his own agenda.
Outside the Wire aims to be a philosophical action movie. Leo and Harp debate about the rules of AI which is akin to Asimov's rules of robotics.
There are some good action scenes and some good special effects. It is also incoherent, cliched with some terrible dialogue.
Not bad
A not bad Netflix sci-fi action movie with a familiar premise and plenty of action to take your mind off said familiarity. This one's a buddy-cop type thriller which sees a couple of soldiers posted to Eastern Europe to battle a terrorist insurrection. The main guy is a newcomer to acting and it shows, although Anthony Mackie is better in the show-off cyborg role. The first half is a little much when it comes to the plotting, but it segues into fun, JOHN WICK-style action in the second half and there's a lot of it too.