INTERCEPTOR Review: One-Woman Army Elsa Pataky Prevails In Matthew Reilly’s High Seas Siege Actioner
Trigger Warning: This review discusses sexual assault and violent crime. Matthew Reilly’s feature directing debut is a contained action thriller right out of 20th Century Fox’s John McTiernan playbook with Netflix release, Interceptor. It’s not entirely paint-by-numbers, but it’s a joyride when the action kicks in, and with leading lady Elsa Pataky at the forefront for her own streaming feature equal to that of Extraction star, husband and exec producer Chris Hemsworth. Army Captain J.J. Collins (Pataky) is newly arrived at a base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean titled SBX-1, one of two top-secret locations for America’s Interceptors – armed response outposts established to deter nuclear threats from Russia. At this point, one other Interceptor in Alaska has already been seized by an unknown Russian enemy, and with the outpost on high-alert, it’s already too late as Collins soon discovers terrorists led by former U.S. soldier-turned-traitor Alexander Kessel […]
