A low budget actioner. It's nicely paced so keeps your attention throughout with pockets of gunplay and fight scenes. The action style isn't anything different but it gets the job done. Some cheesy lines from a typical Euro action script. It isn't anything you haven't seen before but if your fine with that then you'll be satisfied. It ain't no Taken, Transporter or London Has Fallen (all being set in Europe and with that similar feel.) And sadly Idris Elba isn't a Liam Neeson, Jason Statham or Gerard Butler in action-man terms, he'd easily lose a fight between any of them. Yes he is tall and imposing but delivers quite an empty performance, it doesn't seem like he had to make much effort and unfortunately it shows. Maybe the money men behind this production wanted this kind of performance from Mr. Elba but being cool takes a lot more effort than this. If it was a Luc Besson production i think we would have had different results in regards to the action. Its an entertaining one-watch. 5/10
Review of Bastille Day
