If you aren’t Taken or Stolen, there is a pretty good chance you will be Erased. We have moved past the B-film
rip-offs of the successful international thriller Taken (which include the
abhorrently bad sequel) and straight on to the C-film copycats. You would think
that if they were planning on recycling the storyline of a specially trained
agent forced to use his skills to protect his daughter from unknown assailants
in a foreign land, it might as least be in the filmmaker’s best interest to come
up with titles that aren’t such a blatant reminder of this unoriginality. This
half-ass effort is carried through much of Erased, a film which feels like a
student’s copied homework.
Aaron Eckhart is
occasionally successful at carrying the film as ex-CIA operative Ben Logan, a
man forced to live outside of the United States Logan
The storyline
provides plenty of opportunities for extravagant action, including numerous
chase sequences and daring escapes. This is paint-by-numbers filmmaking, and
there is no possible room for error if filmmaking were like the construction of
an automobile. Unfortunately for anyone watching Erased, films cannot be made
with production line mentality. Even with all of the pieces perfectly in place,
Erased lacks the soul of a proper movie. It is empty and void of imagination
and life.
The Blu-ray
release of this highly unoriginal thriller includes a behind-the-scenes
featurette. This isn’t a film you need to rush out and buy on Blu-ray, unless
there are any die-hard Aaron Eckhart fans I’m unaware of. Wait until it is
streaming or playing on television. Any additional effort to see this movie
will feel wasted.
Entertainment Value:
5/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 5/10
Historical
Significance: 1/10
Disc Features: 1/10
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