Matthew Reilly's first picture, "Interceptor," is now accessible on Netflix and appears to have a Cannon logo on it.
It's such a retro action film that it almost feels like an unfinished Chuck Norris script with some contemporary gender politics and societal themes.
Reilly has created a film that "The Expendables" characters may enjoy viewing with co-writer Stuart Beattie ("Collateral").
this is the kind of summer escapism that people crave as the weather warms up across the US. It's now available on Netflix as well.
According to the story, Reilly planned a low-budget production with a tiny cast and only one set for his first film.
So we know it won't be long until he abandons JJ Collins (Elsa Pataky) on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic.
a ship equipped with interceptor missiles, the international safety net designed to take care of business if a nuclear weapon is launched.
Collins was kicked out of the military after reporting a superior who sexually assaulted her, so this is a kind of a homecoming for her.
Naturally, the fan is blown the day she arrives, when terrorists steal 16 nuclear warheads from a Russian factory and target major US cities.
While she and a supervisor are debating how this could have happened, she notices that the bad guys have looked into the interceptor's role and are already on board.
The terrorists, led by a nasty alpha male named Kessel (Luke Bracey), appear to be obsessed with the abolition of humanity.
Pataky starts out a touch too stoic, but she warms up to the action in the second part of the picture and becomes believable as the hero.
Bracey digs into his character's shallow smarm, even if he could have been a little more charismatic.
Both performers look to be under-directed in a version of "Interceptor" that leans even more strongly B-movie '80s roots, dropping one-liners and great kills.
Given the number of awful action movies that have appeared on VOD and streaming sites in recent years, simply getting the job done feels like a minor miracle.