Mercenaries (2011) – Paris Leonti.

Bosnian premier and his family are assassinated during a bloody military coup masterminded by cliched bad guy Olodan Crackedoneoff, and a squad of not altogether convincing mercenaries are then tasked to seize the blandly despotic Crackedoneoff, and secure the American hostages. Mercenaries is a low budget, Sub-Seagal shoot 'em up, the drear dialogue, unexciting mise-en-scene, and disposable, wafter-thin characters are pulled straight from a Warlord comic strip. The money spent on CGI blood hits, prodigious muzzle-flare, glitzy hitman sunglasses, and Billy Zane's wig, might have been better utilized by paying someone who can actually write decent banter. Billy Zane recycles his detached, I'm in an Asylum Sci-fi disaster movie shtick, while amusingly snarky Vas Blackwood initially looked as though he might have been one of the more interesting characters, was the first to snuff it, and all the interminable scenes of anonymous military types milling about in a forest frequently recalled a Unit-era episode of vintage Dr. Who. As a fan of gung-ho military B-action, I stoically stuck with Mercenaries until the bitter, soggy end, and it struck me again, all Seagal naysayers are, perhaps, a trifle biased, since routine DTV actioners WITHOUT the Behemoth of Biffology are far less fun to watch!