TRIGGER WARNING
US, 2024, 106 minutes, Colour.
Jessica Alba, Mark Webber, Anthony Michael Hall, Tone Bill, Jake Weary, Gabriel Basso.
Directed by Mouly Surya.
This is quite a standard action film, interestingly directed by Indonesian director, Mouly Surya (Murder in Four Acts).
It opens outside the United States, a terrorist episode, introducing Jessica Alba is a tough agent, enabling her to be the lead in an action film. She returns home at the death of her father, killed in a mine collapse. They are Hispanic family, looked down on by some of the local inhabitants.
In her investigations, she has to confront the local Senator, Anthony Michael Hall,. One son is the local sheriff (Mark Webber) the other is a thug, involved in stealing weapons from an Army Depot with a gang.
A lot of expected investigations, clashes, fights, revolution of the truth, the final confrontation in the minds and tunnels.
Familiar material, the variation for a star turn by Jessica Alba.
- Popular action thriller? Overseas action? Action in a small American town?
- The opening, CIA, surveillance, terrorists, the attack? Parker, talent in action, her partner killed? Working with Spider? Her return home?
- The town of Creation, small, the sheriff’s office, risen, the Sen’s mansion, the mine, the interiors, the arms depot, the tunnels? The musical score?
- Parker, her relationship with her father, the flashbacks, Hispanic and local reactions, the Hispanic community, her father, the mine, the collapse? Her investigation, discussions with the sheriff, an accident? Finding grenades? Her suspicions?
- Trapping Mike, feeding the lizard, their friendship? His mother, the continued help?
- Jesse, sheriff, the past relationship with Parker, some of the senator? The senator, the billboards, his conservative approach? Elvis, personality, his thug friends, the revolution of the stealing of the arms, selling them? The contact, Ghost? The deals, the threats, the deadlines?
- Parker, confrontations with Elvis, his gang? The fights, her skills? Discussions with the senator, the meal, Spider giving a warning, leaving, the confrontation?
- The buildup to a climax, Spider and his arrival, the gang, attacked? Parker, the arms, the old man giving her the machete, getting the cooperation of Mike and his mother, Hispanic friends?
- The climax, the confrontations in the mine, the fights, the final fight with Elvis? The explosion, Spider and his being overwhelmed, rescued? Parker and the confrontation with the senator, with Jesse?
- Jesse, ambiguous, the relationship with Parker, the sexual encounter, the aftermath, the revelation of his participation in the scheme? The finale, Parker chasing him in the depot, the final tour, his killing himself, the explosion?
- The aftermath, renaming the County, new candidates, Parker with Spider at the service station, Mike and the phone call, the bar and its future?
