Martin Campbell directs Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan and Orla Brady in this revenge thriller where a grieving father (with a background in Special OPs) takes down the IRA.

When this is a Jackie Chan vehicle it works nicely. More subdued, in both stunts and tone, than you are used to from the Kung Fu clown, his share of the runtime mixes the gutting emotion of Arnie’s Aftermath with the geriatric thumping of the Taken series. Pierce’s half of the show is more muddled. He is fine as an oily Gerry Adams rip-off… in fact I’d controversially say, acting wise, it is his post-Bond highpoint. But the third act Shakespearean drama that unfolds around his own family, betrayals and reversals that have very little baring on glum Jackie’s vigilante attacks, over complicating an action flick with a very simple brief. As a Friday night thriller though this still has plenty of watchability.

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