Alien at the Movies

A notorious family mercenary group known as the Black Swan is hired to clear out by any means possible a Georgian village impeding the progress of a BritGaz pipeline. When secret videos of this deadly operation are leaked, individuals involved begin to cover up the truth. Grace Lewis (Ruby Rose) leads her Black Swan gang to hijack the English Channet train & take hostages in order to extort money & expose government corruption. From here the plot becomes “Die Hard” on a train. Off duty Secret Air Service agent Tom Buckingham (Sam Heughan) is taking his girlfriend Sophie to Paris on that train. It’s an underground game of Cat & Mouse/Hide & Seek as elite military groups clash while trying to cover up/expose any wrongdoings. Tom is like John McClane/Timex watch that keeps on ticking after taking a licking. The film has its mole or snide (British term). That final chase scene must have been quite lengthy because the landscape changes from sunny & green to a winter wonderland? Will there be a sequel?

Alien gives 2½ “Drop her/him” stars out of 4.