Neither Charlize Theron nor Nicholas Hoult are stranger to
big budget action fare after films like «Prometheus», «Hancock» and the «X-Men» series.
Not exact matches
The end result is a well - intentioned yet hopelessly ineffective thriller that would've been better off with a more talented filmmaker at the helm, as it's becoming all - too - obvious that Berg simply doesn't have the chops to handle
big -
budget action fare.
Greengrass, of course, is the acclaimed British director who has moved between
big -
budget action fare such as «The Bourne Ultimatum» and gritty lower -
budget titles such as «United 93.»
It opened on Memorial Day weekend as counterprogramming to X-Men: Days of Future Past and other
big summer season
action fare, but even on a
budget significantly scaled back from Sandler's usual standards, it fell short of expectations, opening in third place and ultimately finishing with $ 46 million and change domestically.