If you threw 'They Live', 'Sister Act', 'Big Lebowski', 'Running on Empty' (1988), 'Point Break', 'Master Gardner', 'Django Unchained' and a bunch of tunnels into a blender this script would come out. The film title seems to admit that plot and character arcs were not major concerns -- it's just one action sequence after another.
The action scenes lack tension because you don't care -- the comedic tone of the film tells you not to care. It builds a bit into the sequences with Benicio del Toro but then del Toro's character is numbed by beer and he tells you not to care. It works better as a black comedy but unlike 'Dr Strangelove' (which Spielberg compared it to) this film is ADHD -- changes protagonist three or four times. DiCaprio holds the film together barely. 10+ improbably plot holes but you are supposed to notice or care about them.
Some scenes and sequences are obviously missing like the start of DiCaprio's 40-foot fall when he misses the roof jump. People train for fights that never happen, eg nuns train with guns but then we just cut to them in zip ties. The daughter trains to fight and throws great kicks then uses none of that. They "kill" one character twice for no good reason -- the second killing adds nothing but time to the movie. Productions notes say that PTA cut 10 minutes from the film after test screenings. I'm going to guess that some of the action sequences didn't play well so they just cut and jump you past them.
A solid performance from Chase Infiniti as the daughter.
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