'Land of Bad' movie review: A ‘B’ grade actioner with an A list cast

Updated On: 17 February, 2024 03:22 PM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas

`Land of Bad` movie review: The plot is conventional, the narrative stays lean and straightforward and the dialogue has some welcome wit

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Film: Land of Bad
Cast: Russell Crowe, Milo Ventimiglia, Liam Hemswort, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson, Chika Ikogwe, Robert Rabiah
Director: William Eubank
Rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 110 min

“Land of Bad” has the presence of two Hemsworth brothers and Russell Crowe, to help shore up its low- budgeted action smarts. Even though Crowe spends most of the movie sitting in a chair staring at a screen and strategising rescue ops with the help of a drone, he manages to make his presence felt. The Hemsworth brothers do what they are best at - ‘looking good and doing good!’

The screenplay by writer/director Eubank and co-writer David Frigerio dives right into the bare bones story. There’s little backstory about any of the soldiers. What you get here is remote controlled video game warfare contrasting with the barbaric intimacy of real-time combat. When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot, the socially awkward Captain Eddie “Reaper” Grimm (Russell Crowe), tries to guide Air Force Sergeant J.J. “Playboy” Kinney (Liam Hemsworth) away from Islamic terrorists and their missiles, with only 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild no holds barred firefight.

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