James McTeigue's new movie, Survivor, is very much a post-9/11 film. It not only operates in the world of terrorism and counter-terrorism, but trades on images of that particular day. Some of these moments in the movie are strong and powerful, but all too often they fall flat.
The tale finds Milla Jovovich playing Kate Abbott, a US Government employee at the embassy in London who has been tasked with sniffing out a possible threat against the States. We know Abbott is good at her job because we are told that she was very successful ferretting out another terrorist plot. In London, though, she instantly runs into trouble when several of her various bosses don't like the way she handles things.
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The tale finds Milla Jovovich playing Kate Abbott, a US Government employee at the embassy in London who has been tasked with sniffing out a possible threat against the States. We know Abbott is good at her job because we are told that she was very successful ferretting out another terrorist plot. In London, though, she instantly runs into trouble when several of her various bosses don't like the way she handles things.
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