Simply Perfect

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Excellent for the genre. Among the best of the type. And it's a hell of niche genre. Not action, but "trapped in a place of limited resources." Maybe the end of Gauntlet was the first of these, but think Under Siege, Dawn of the Dead, etc. And in that genre, excellent. 10 stars Totally believable good guys, slightly improbable bad guys, but realistic-adjacent, and they act like they would. Even lines about some of the bad guys being rednecks or crackheads, so they want good guys on some positions. Everyone does a good to excellent job acting, it's very well filmed despite being clearly low budget. Not sure how they did it, but the elevator episode style was put to good effect. One marginal explosion visual effect, and a few things where you can tell it's foreign (brands, dial tones, "USA Marshalls") but it's generally pretty well done and you have to be a nerd to notice mostly. I even liked his pack/luggage in the last scene. Antonio does very, very well. And as another example of how much I liked it, Ben Kingsley is less arch than in the wonderful Sneakers! Worth it, I think

This movie was actually surprisingly good. I had little expectations to the movie, and hadn't even heard about it prior to finding it on Netflix. Despite this, I gave it a chance because Antonio Banderas do put a good movie out there every now and again."Security" turned out to be one of those good movies. Luckily.The storyline was good and nicely constructed, although a bit generic. But you will be well enough entertained throughout the course of the movie.The movie also had some good acting from an interesting and good ensemble of cast. Aside from Antonio Banderas, the movie also has some good performances from Ben Kingsley and Cung Le."Security" is loaded with action, and the action sequences were quite intense and also well-executed on the screen. And the abundance of action actually does soften the blow of the movie having a generic storyline.

Mr. Bandaras turns in a convincing turn as a tough military veteran with undisclosed post- traumatic stress issues forced to employ his combat skills against mall thugs. The villain, played by the great Ben Kingsley, is coolly evil and great in his role. While there are clearly some odd aspects to the setting and an overabundance of dufus Millennial mall cops in an out-of-the-way mall, the fight scenes are extremely well-staged and a dark humor surrounds the mall cop heroics. The actress was too wise for her years, as is common— and very irritating—in stories coming out of Hollywood these days, but over all was well- directed. A fun evening at the mall.

Think one part Paul Blart: Mall Cop, one part Home Alone, one part Die Hard, and a dash of Desperado. This won't be the annual Christmas movie Die Hard is, but decent escapism fare. Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, and the little girl playing Jamie carry this movie. More stunts than plot. The last scene was a bit superfluous. Lots of guns.