Liam Neeson's Jim, a war veteran protecting a Mexican boy from a ruthless drug cartel, sports a circle of orange foundation on his face, reports the "I.A.s" he finds crossing his Arizona property towards the border, and takes advantage of Donald Trump's relaxed approach to gun ownership, and given all this, you'd suspect this 2021 action thriller had something political to say, but the audience is made to sit through decidedly unpolitical and unscintillating things once this movie's thin premise is set up and the man and boy are racing by car across America pursued by the cartel - things like (1) the purchase of an atlas at a gas station (2) a stop at a diner for a meal (3) a toilet break (4) an overnight trip to buy pop tarts, and when things really start to get exciting (5) the ex-Marine surprises the kid with a bag of gummi bears - so, it is only in the last twenty minutes that the criminals, grown tired of spending such a long time tracking all these credit card purchases along Route 66, finally catch up to this dreary pair of roadtrippers and bring the movie to an end with the idea that in America you have the freedom to blow your brains out.
★☆☆☆☆
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