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This kind of movie is David Ayer's bread & butter, and he has a good cast to work with including Schwarzenegger, Worthington, Howard and Enos. The problem is that the script isn't tight enough and I didn't believe some of the actions of the characters. Worth a watch if you are fans of the genre or the actors, otherwise skip it.

John "Breacher" Wharton (Arnold Schwarzenegger) heads up a DEA Special Ops Squad which is brutally effective. The enquiry which follows money going missing during a raid takes its toll on the bonding within the squad which, in turn, leads to complications when someone starts killing squad members.Starting as an action thriller, this becomes a suspense mystery with action sequences, and is rather good. It is brutal (and sweary), but the performances are all good. I would go so far as to say that Schwarzenegger has never been better. Happy to look his age, his performance has an emotional depth and a sense of weariness that we haven't seen before.The story is strong. It appears to be more densely plotted than it actually is, but it is perfectly satisfactory, and keeps you guessing throughout: things are constantly happening which you don't expect.I enjoyed this.

Ultimately, this is just another Arnie film although in all fairness it has a bit more substance than usual.The film deals with the fall from grace of a decorated veteran of special police and as the plot develops it becomes a guessing game whether the main character is corrupt or simply his luck has run out.In many ways a typical action film with a slightly better plot than we are accustomed to, although the Hollywood exaggeration was ever present. Seeing a whole team of experienced special operation agents are being wiped out as if they are schoolchildren lowered the experience but then I recalled that this is an Schwarzenegger movie so I just sat back and enjoyed the action.