Armor
review by Bobby Blakey
There is no denying that Sylvester Stallone is one of the biggest action stars of all time. These days he has toned it down a notch and doing some of his best work currently on the Paramount+ series Tulsa King. Clearly, he is still ready to bring some action with his latest film Armor co-starring Jason Patric, Dash Mihok, Josh Wiggins, Blake Shields, and Erin Ownbey from director Justin Routt. Could this film be another good action film to add to his filmography or will it be a robbery not worth the big score?
Armor follows the lengths one man will go to save what’s left of his family and reclaim his own life. James and his son Casey are armored truck drivers tasked with delivering a suspicious package. After a violent ambush on the road, James and Casey are trapped until they discover the value of what they have been carrying and join forces to outgun and outwit their attackers.
I was surprised to see this film pop up with the type of work that Stallone has been doing lately, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t ready to see him get in on some action again. It was also an intriguing thing to see Stallone antagonist role which he has only done a few times. I had a distinct feeling that this could end up being more of a glorified cameo instead of a full-on Stallone flick and I was correct, sort of.
The film focuses on Patric and Wiggins who play father and son working in the armor car. The story is simple with them bringing in some typical family drama and tragedy to offer up issues with them to deal with in between the upcoming action in hopes to give it more depth as opposed to the generic actioner that it ends up being.
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Stallone is prominent in the film, but the way it is cut and shot looks like he might not have spent that much time on set. I give them props as it keeps him front and center throughout no matter how long he worked on the film. Sadly, the movie sticks to a pretty generic theme and doesn’t offer up anything we haven’t seen 100 times before. There is plenty of gun fight action, but it isn’t anything you wouldn’t see on one of the many cop TV shows on weekly.
In the end it is the kind of movie I expected it to be that tries to bring some twists and action, but with a predictable story and an ending that doesn’t make a lot of sense other than to potentially allow them to do a sequel that will likely never happen.
Decide for yourself and check out Armor in theaters, digital and on demand now from Lionsgate.