Sean’s movie thoughts

 Infiltrate is a low budget action movie. I saw a review of it on Bulletproof action. I had that was nice.  Agent Lily Chen's husband has been kidnapped and she is called by a mysterious voice on the phone giving her orders if she wants to see her husband again. Seized with Scott Adkins had a similar plot. (It is a little vague what this agency is.) However, she survived a kidnapping and she might not be completely over it. There are flashbacks. Did her husband's kidnappers know about her kidnapping and her trouble leaving it behind? Alain Moussi, the star of the new Kickboxer series, is on hand as the villain. It is good to see him again. He makes a good villain. Fights are good. There is one that gets a bit odd but it is still good. Moussi having only one fight is a bit disappointing but it increases my interest for the next Kickboxer movie. I got this film mostly due to his presence.

 Sniper No Nation is good.  This takes place after the events of the last film and our heroes have been disavowed after evidence of their origins is found. (This was hinted at during the end of the last film.) With the help of Thomas Becket, Brandon Becket and Zero return to Costa Verde. It is nice to see Tom Berringer back in the series. A few supporting characters from the previous films are mentioned and one appears only as a voice on the phone. I thought that was a nice touch. Hopefully some of them will appear again, if there is another film in the series. The action scenes are good and I like these characters. I am not sure if there is a standout sequence that people will take about in an end of year review of DTV action or action films in general.  The movie ends on a cliffhanger, so there should be a sequel. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TtJJabVXxFEGkUlbctMDE?si=vSysqnKMR5O-gbPdQSjkV  my podcast episode about the film