Taglines: 90 minutes. 22 miles. Zero back up.
CIA agent and former U.S. Marine war veteran, James Silva (Mark Wahlberg), leads a Special Activities Division team code-named Overwatch to raid a Russian FSB safe house in the United States. Under the remote supervision of James Bishop and his team, the mission is to locate and destroy shipments of Caesium before the highly radioactive substance can be weapons.
In the ensuing firefight, most of the Russians and Overwatch operative Greg Vickers are killed, but critical intelligence on the Caesium is destroyed. Silva executes the last survivor, a teenager who warns him that he is making a mistake. Sixteen months later, in the Southeast Asian country of Indocarr, police officer Li Noor surrenders himself at the US Embassy to negotiate for passage out of the country in exchange for information.
Noor is revealed to the asset of Overwatch agent Alice Kerr and reveals he possesses a disc containing information on the Caesium, and is able to negotiate passage out of the country in exchange for unlocking the disc, which is programmed to self destruct within four hours. Ambassador Dorothy Brady is visited by the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister and state intelligence agent Axel, with the two demanding that Noor be handed over as he is wanted for espionage. Meanwhile, Noor fends off an assassination attempt by disguised government agents in the embassy infirmary using his skills as a former member of the elite tactical squad.
Mile 22 is a 2018 American espionage action thriller film directed by Peter Berg and written by Lea Carpenter, from a story by Carpenter and Graham Roland. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, and Ronda Rousey. It follows an elite CIA task force composed of paramilitary officers from Ground Branch of Special Activities Division, that has to escort a high-priority asset 22 miles to an extraction point while being hunted by the government. The film marks the fourth collaboration between Berg and Wahlberg, following Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, and Patriots Day.
The film was released in the United States on August 17, 2018, and grossed $66 million worldwide. It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, who called it “confusing and a chaotic mess,” alongside criticizing the cinematography in the action sequences, although the performance of Uwais received praise.
Mile 22 (2018)
Directed by: Peter Berg
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey, Carlo Alban, Natasha Goubskaya, Sam Medina, Keith Arthur Bolden, Jenique Hendrix, Myke Holmes, Emily Skeggs
Screenplay by: Lea Carpenter
Production Design by: Andrew Menzies
Cinematography by: Jacques Jouffret
Film Editing by: Melissa Lawson Cheung, Colby Parker Jr.
Costume Design by: Virginia Johnson
Set Decoration by: Natalie Pope
Art Direction by: Alex McCarroll, María Fernanda Muñoz
Music by: Jeff Russo
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language throughout.
Distributed by: STX Entertainment
Release Date: August 17, 2018
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