"For a long time we didn't have films about secret societies, immortal people and ... so that there were still helicopters, explosions, kung fu and katanas! Definitely katanas!" - apparently, this is how the black director Antoine Fuqua reasoned before starting filming.
The plot of the film is similar to a mixture of "The Matrix" with "Highlander", and the local Neo is actor Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg, with his eternal expression on the face of a guy who was the only one in the company who did not understand the joke, fit perfectly into the role. It turned out a kind of Neo category "B". Immortal highlanders come to him (as in The Matrix) and offer to find out the truth about themselves and the world. Mark takes the red pill. Then whistles and tricks begin - with helicopters, planes, katanas, explosions, sticky bombs with red timers, kung fu and drones. The local MacGuffin is a device that is nothing less than capable of destroying all life on earth. The stakes are higher than ever - the world is in danger. Every now and then I found myself thinking that I was waiting for the release of 007 or Tom Cruise. But Mark Wahlberg came out with a katana - our Neo. Neo category "B".