![]() ![]() Mile 22 was the intended first part of a series, though there doesn't seem to be any forward momentum on that front. That's also sadly more than can be said for the horrendously underutilized Ronda Rousey as Silva's partner Sam. Director Peter Berg keeps the action moving swiftly, but Uwais' fight scenes are filmed with the same choppiness and shaky cam of the rest of the movie - a far cry from the outstanding action scenes he's done elsewhere, and, frankly, that Berg has too (i.e. Mile 22 star Mark Wahlberg as CIA agent James Silva, whose team is tasked who transporting Uwais' Li Noor 22 miles to an airport to allow him to pass on information on secret activities by his government. Here is a rundown of Iko Uwais' movies, from worst to best.Īrriving late in the summer of 2018, Mile 22is a case of an overseas action star being not being utilized to his full capability who nevertheless also makes the film he's in substantially better than it would have been without him, not unlike Donnie Yen's early days in Hollywood. Uwais is also equally electrifying in villain roles, a fact not lost on the makers of The Expendables 4, and the kinds of action scenes he's capable of delivering are what martial arts fans dream of. Nonetheless, Uwais has yet to be the leading man in a less-than-terrific martial arts flick, and even in supporting roles, he consistently elevates the movie's he's in. ![]() RELATED: Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Explained (& Why It's So Different) For all the strengths of Keanu Reeves' directorial debut Man of Tai Chi, Uwais' fight scene with Tiger Chen was far more minor than it should have been, and he was truly left by the wayside in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Much better results have been seen in Uwais' roles in the sci-fi movie Beyond Skyline and the action ensemble Triple Threat, with Uwais even going on to anchor the Netflix supernatural martial arts series Wu Assassins. In more recent years, Uwais has made the leap to Hollywood productions and granted, he's been lamentably wasted in a couple of them. ![]()
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