Synopsis
John "Breacher" Wharthon (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of an elite team of DEA agents, formed by James "Monster" Murray (Sam Worthington) and his wife Lizzy Murray (Mireille Enos), Joe "Grinder" Philips (Joe Manganiello), Julius "Sugar" Edmonds (Terrence Howard), Eddie "Neck" Jordan (Josh Holloway), Tom "Pyro" Roberts (Max Martini), Bryce "Tripod" McNeely (Kevin Vance), and "Smoke" Jennings (Mark Schlegel).
During a raid on a cartel warehouse, in which Smoke is killed, the team steals $10 million from the cartel's money, hides it in sewer pipes to collect later and split among themselves, and blows up the rest to cover their tracks. However, the money disappears, and their superior Floyd Demel (Martin Donovan) finds out about it and suspends them for several months, during which they are investigated for the theft. With no concrete evidence of their participation, Demel reinstates them. Later, Breacher finds out that Lizzy has become addicted to drugs and that her marriage with Monster is failing.
Pyro is killed when his trailer is rammed by a train, after someone drives it to the tracks while he's unconscious. Investigator Caroline Brentwood (Olivia Williams) and her partner Darius Jackson (Harold Perrineau) are assigned to the case and interrogate Pyro's teammates. Brentwood notes Neck is avoiding interrogation, and Breacher accompanies her to his house, where they find him nailed to a wall and disemboweled. Brentwood recognizes the execution as the M.O. of the cartels, leading Breacher to assume the cartel is hunting them down over the stolen money.
Breacher and Brentwood visit Tripod, who left the DEA after being suspended, and find him dead after a shootout in which he killed an assailant whom Breacher identified as a cartel enforcer. Monster later visits Brentwood, who is suspicious of Breacher, and tells her that Breacher's family was kidnapped by the cartels, who videotaped their murders and later sent the tape to Breacher alongside the severed limbs of his wife and son. Breacher spent months searching for his family's killers before the team convinced him to move on. Brentwood apologizes to Breacher, and they end up having sex.
Jackson traces the dead enforcer's cellphone to a cartel safe-house, which is raided by Breacher and his team. However, the enforcers are not there. They are later found dead at the bottom of a river near Tripod's house, and Brentwood realizes that they were killed before Pyro and Neck, meaning someone is framing the cartels of targeting the team. Breacher reunites the team to tell them what happened, and Lizzy lashes out and reveals she's been having an affair with Sugar. Grinder later confesses to Brentwood that they stole the money. Breacher meets with them to discuss what's next when Grinder is shot dead by Lizzy, who is behind the murders alongside Sugar.
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger as John 'Breacher' Wharton
Sam Worthington as James 'Monster' Murray
Joe Manganiello as Joe 'Grinder' Phillips
Josh Holloway as Eddie 'Neck' Jordan
Terrence Howard as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds
Max Martini as Tom 'Pyro' Roberts
Kevin Vance as Bryce 'Tripod' McNeely
Mark Schlegel as 'Smoke' Jennings
Ned Yousef as Dubai Money Launderer
Mireille Enos as Lizzy Murray
Maurice Compte as Sapo
Martin Donovan as Floyd Demel
Michael Monks as ASAC Phelps
Nick Chacon as DEA Sniper
Tim Ware as Stan Morris (DEA Interrogator #1)
Info :
Release date: 28 March 2014 (USA)
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 3,407 users
Director: David Ayer
Running time: 109 minutes
Genre : Action | Crime | Drama
Country: USA
Screenplay: Skip Woods, David Ayer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt174233
