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Two of my favorite actors, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, star in this movie about a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent. It sort of reminded me of Safe House with Denzel and Ryan Reynolds. Lots of shooting, chases, and bodies.

Robert Trench (Washington), an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman’s (Wahlberg) idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench’s forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman turns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who shoots Trench and takes the money. The interservice debacle suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corrupt clandestine rivalries as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law. Now, the fugitives must work together to find a way out of this situation with no one to turn to but themselves.

Not an academy awards contender but a whole lot of fun for those who like this genre of movies and these two great actors.

Rating: 4 out of 5.