Sabotage (2014)
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Critic Consensus: Sabotage boasts one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's finer post-political performances, but it's wasted in a movie driven by grueling violence that punishes seemingly without purpose.
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Cast
as James "Monster" Murray
as Breacher
as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
as Eddie "Neck" Jordan
as Grinder
as Lizzy Murray
as Caroline Brentwood
as Jackson
as Tom "Pyro" Roberts
as Bryce "Tripod" McNeely
as "Smoke" Jennings
as Dubai Money Launderer
as Sapo
as Floyd Damel
as ASAC Phelps
as DEA Sniper
as Stan Morris (DEA Interrogator #1)
as Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
as DEA Agent #1
as DEA Agent #2
as DEA Agent #3
as Agent Spolcheck
as Stripclub Waitress
as Stripclub Bouncer
as Captain Walther
as Deputy Hayes
as Deputy Richards
as Coroner
as Coroner's Assistant
as Forensic Technician
as General Counsel
as Mexican Federal Shooter
as Karen Wharton
as Latina Hostage
as Brujo
as APD Officer
as Hostage in Monte Carlo
as Car Crash Driver
as Cop #1
as Mexican Commandante
as Pretty Bar Girl #1
as Brujo's Bar Girl
as Sicario #1
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Critic Reviews for Sabotage
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I don't know what Ayer is trying to prove by dunking the camera in spilled guts and having it linger over charred and frozen corpses.
What redeems all this, to some extent, is Ayer's bleak but honest vision... he understands how law-enforcement people witnessing the depths of humanity might lack the necessary character to climb back up.
For most of its running length, Sabotage is a gritty, compelling motion picture with twists to make a pretzel envious. Unfortunately, it overstays its welcome.
Sabotage starts off as a fun, nasty, occasionally surprising little piece of genre filmmaking. But it gradually loses the thread.
Director David Ayer has made two of the best films about the tough lives of cops -- Training Day and End of Watch -- but his streak ends with the very violent and ultimately forgettable Sabotage.
[an] ugly, abrasive and thoroughly charm-resistant bag of slop
Audience Reviews for Sabotage
"Sabotage" is a through back to good R rated cop action/drama movies. A DEA task force led by Schwarzenegger completes a big raid. When they do they try to still 10 million dollars from the cartel. However, the money goes missing and someone begins to take out the team one by one. Sam Worthington, Terrance Howard, and Mireille Enos round out the very eclectic cast. Schwarzenegger is definitely showing his age, but of all the movies he has done since he left office, I think this is his best work. This is a pretty hard R movie, which surprised me. I wasn't really expecting it to be as bloody as it is. But it was a good surprise because this is much better than I had heard or thought. It's at 20 percent on rotten tomatoes, which is insane. David Ayer directed this along with "Training Day" and "End of Watch", both of which are amazing. This isn't as good as those, but it is right up there. Ayer is a fantastic director, and anytime I see him name on something I'll be lining right up to watch. Very entertaining movie, but not for the weak at heart.
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I don't understand all the hate. I really enjoyed this flick. If you're a Schwarzenegger fan, chances are you're going to enjoy this. He delivers a fun powerhouse performance. This is a film that does what it sets out to do: entertain.
Super Reviewer
Leave no loose ends. Good Action Movie! The whole cast was great don't get me wrong, and i enjoyed the plot of the whole film, as much as it could have been a little longer with a few more, twists and turns, it still got the point with lots of gun fire, lots of "breaching" and lots of cussing for no reason. Arnold himself being team leader, did a great job, and finished his mission no matter what, i enjoyed the hell out of this film and i think it was a come back for Arnold, it wasn't a flop. This movie had everything going for it, action packed, lots of good actors, lots of crazy gun fights, lots of cussing and dirty jokes, i saw a review that said this is a "guilty pleasure for manly men".....honestly its just a guilty pleasure for anyone who likes action movies and Arnold surrounded by a group of good actors, i hope to see him doing more movies like this, this movie was more about him and less about the other actors, i think anyone who is an action movie fan, and an Arnold fan....would enjoy this....so give it a shot. In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.
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Sabotage Quotes
| Caroline Brentwood: | Ahh, help me up! |
| Breacher: | Well, we found him... |
| Breacher: | If you like the movie, send in your face! |