Bruce Willis is up to his neck in mud and bullets in this passable action thriller, playing the gruff, tough leader of an elite marine squad that's sent into civil war-torn Nigeria to extricate a prominent mission worker (Monica Bellucci). But Willis's mission is complicated when Bellucci decides to bring half the neighbourhood back with her, against the wishes of the uppity local militia. Cue two hours of bullets, blood and bombast. The story certainly isn't painted in shades of grey: things are either black (locals, largely bad) or white (Americans, largely good), and the gung-ho, hyper-patriotic finale confirms yet again that, in the minds of US film-makers, nothing succeeds like excess.

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.