Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

jgarymatthews Editing was so bad it made me physically Ill. Left after an hour.

jdesando Mile 22 is an espionage thriller that is pure crack for the action addicted. So much action that characterization is left in the cars' dust or lost in high-tech programs. While the techno-glitz and high-speed chases dominate, now and then super government operative James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) peeks thorough with a tough line or two and a few stream-of-consciousness-Jason-Statham-like speeches, minimal at that.Yet, this film belongs to a genre that demands action, in this case smuggling an Asian police officer out of the country in order for him to disclose world-saving information. My enjoyment of this actioner, however, comes largely from the fusion of technology to our sense of vulnerability.While it is comforting to see the government using banks of computers to spy on the minute actions of bad guys, it is discomforting to realize those goons or foreign powers have the same capabilities to spy on us. Even though we can use drones to ferret out enemies, they can do the same.But no enemy can have James, a lethal weapon of high IQ, verbal dexterity, and stirring memories that keep him in the game. Mile 22 is for those who won't complain about the abundance of action and lack of story or character arc. We are in, after all, the end of summer arc when norms of traditional story telling are ignored while we indulge in action porn of the first order. You will enjoy regardless.

davidepsteiniphone It's Mark Whalberg. It's really good. Mind games, twists and turns. The only thing missing was some bluegrass when the cars were getting attacked and the film moving in slow motion. 10 stars for the flannel.

richardmcnall This already bad movie was destroyed by EXTREME EDITING!. Every several seconds the scenes get a rapid & unnecessary edit. These hundreds of edits ruined the movie, especially the fight scenes. The producers had the world's most incredible martial arts actor and the excessive editing wrecked his key action scene. Also, many of the filming was ridiculously shaky and close up. This also sabotaged the action scenes and was annoying. Speaking of annoying, Mark Walberg's character was just that. This could have been an OK movie but the photography directors should have left their big egos behind.