Film Review – Interceptor

Action cinema needs fresh faces. The genre hasn’t been keeping up with the times, recycling heroes (including the apparently indefatigable Liam Neeson) for a small audience, also dealing with basic revenge stories as the inspiration for mayhem. “Interceptor” provides a slightly different setting for its central showdown between good and evil, and it has inspired casting in Elsa Pataky, who’s appeared in junky endeavors before (including four “Fast and Furious” films), but she takes command of her own starring vehicle here, tasked with providing physical power and intimidation while playing a military captain defending a missile station from determined terrorists. Pataky certainly looks the part, and there are moments of inspired bodily destruction in “Interceptor,” which is just frenzied enough to supply an entertaining sit. It’s not a major submission of screen power, but co-writer/director Matthew Reilly has his moments with this B-movie viewing experience. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com