Just about every possible peril turns up to thwart their mission en route, making for an increasingly implausible action movie that will entertain most viewers, but also perhaps make them feel a bit played for fools.
At a Canadian diamond mine 400 miles below the Arctic Circle, a methane explosion kills eight workers and strands another 26 in a tunnel deep beneath the surface.
He also reluctantly takes on Mike , a talented mechanic but also a PTSD-afflicted, childlike Iraq War veteran who requires a considerable amount of caretaking.
Hensleigh says he took inspiration from “The Wages of Fear” .
Eventually the vibe is close to a cross between “True Lies” and “Smokey and the Bandit” — though those movies took nothing seriously, while despite a certain degree of humor, this one does not intend for audiences to find its parade of perils absurd.
Max Aruj contributes exactly the kind of bombastic orchestral score you’d expect, and the soundtrack is further filled out with some testimonies to the formulaic mediocrity too typical among today’s mainstream country music acts.