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A generic spy caper with a 90s flavour, and I don't mean that in a good way. Survivor wants to be a variation on Bourne or The Fugitive, but it has too many weird coincidences for that, an extremely inept villain, and a heroine who survives not by intelligence and her abilities, but by dumb luck and the art of scratching her opponents' eyes out. That Milla Jovovich and James McTeigue are stooges I more or less knew, and I give Pierce Brosnan two more films like this and rank him right up there with them. Survivor is closer to the new Steven Seagal movies than it is to quality action thrillers. (2015.05.31)

The trailer promised more, but it is still an acceptable genre film. Milla Jovovich is one of the few female action heroines I enjoy, Pierce Brosnan as the terrorist looks professional, the film keeps a decent pace, doesn't get boring and has a nice old school look, but doesn't offer anything else. The film tries to look serious and intelligent, but it doesn't manage to do that very well. Action-wise, it's rather average, the shootouts are okay, but the blood is missing, and the visual effects are rather bad. In the end, a digestible average, but too bland compared to Asia. 60%. (2015.06.03)

Better than November Man, with a smarter script with better characters and their motivations. It starts off very well and those old-school espionage games have always been, are, and will be cool, and at times it seems like it could rival Bourne. Unfortunately, things go downhill and the chase through London is weaker, ending with an utterly ridiculous finale, following the worst script clichés. Thankfully, they realized that Pierce Brosnan is best as a villain, and here he plays a natural born hitman, The Watchmaker was damn cool. Unfortunately, they realized it almost 15 years after his biggest action role as a good guy and ladies’ man. (2015.07.12)