SECURITY
US, 2017, 88 minutes, Colour.
Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, Liam McI ntire, Cung Le, Katherine de la Rocha, Chad Lindberg.
Directed by Alain Desrochers.
Antonio Banderas is an action hero. And Ben Kingsley again as a smooth villain.
The plot is fairly straightforward: the murder of a witness against a large syndicate, the daughter, Jamie, in witness protection, the attack on the marshals, her escape through the woods and coming to the large mall. In the meantime, the audience has been introduced to Eddie, losing his job in military service, becoming a security guard at the mall.
Almost instantly, Jamie comes for safety in the mall, the villain, Ben Kingsley, comes offering money and terms, the security guard squad refusing, preparing for a siege, the staging of the siege with a lot of action and strategies, the surprise that the sympathetic members of this security squad are killed, the girl is saved and the alienated Eddie is able to reunite with his family.
1. The title, work, demands, responsibilities, dangers?
2. The action taking place in the mall, the tour, the range of shops, upmarket, the offices in surveillance, the use of the variety of locations within the mall, the destruction?
3. Action sequences, choreography, fights? The musical score?
4. Antonio Banderas as an action hero? His background, family, service and retirement? Desperate searching for a job? The interview? Phone call to his family?
5. Going to the mall, the members of the staff, Vance and his easy-going manner, Mason and his being serious, Rebecca and the hangover, Johnny Wei? Eddie and his seriousness? The quick learning of the ropes? On duty?
6. The squad of US marshals, the cars, the attack, the numbers in the force, Jamie, escaping from the car, into the woods, to the mall? Being taken in?
7. Charlie, coming to the door, the discussion, the offer of the money? The sense of menace? The background of the case, Jamie testifying, the pursuit, to be stopped? Charlie and his supervision of his squad? Smooth, quiet, stepping in at the end?
8. The preparation of the siege, Eddie taking charge, the various strategies, tactics, explosives, hiding Jamie, her coming out, the camera on the car?
9. The attack, Eddie and his skills, the group, each of them giving their life? The buildup to the climax between Eddie and Dead Eyes? The fake police and security?
10. Charlie, taking charge, capturing Jamie? Eddie and his defeat of the killers, the truck exploding, coming inside to confront Charlie?
11. The hospital sequence, Jamie thinking Eddie? Eddie going back to his family?
