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The good ol USA feeling sorry for itself in an unconvincing, contrived plot. Following a group of journalists taking still photos across the country during a civil war. No chracter development and no real reason for this story. We are expected to sympathise with changing emotions when none are shown to be more than skin deep. For what it's worth the acting is passable but the plot is too thin to be able to save this film. Complete and utter breakdowns in emotions are suddenly upon the characters for them to disappear as suddenly as they arrived as if dedication to their work is so ingrained they can just shrug it off. And who takes still photos these days?

Not taking itself too seriously, this series is good fun. Suspend belief and imagine that some gangsters are actually good guys and you may enjoy it as I did. Sure it is fairly two dimensional and predictable but it made me laugh and kept me engaged. The bad guys are all bad the good guys are are a mix but lack the malice of their opponents. Stallone is no better at talking than he ever was but his lines are nicely written and intelligent enough. His character gets into some scrapes but the ways he approaches them are inventive and entertaining. Shakespeare it isn't but there is enough depth and character development to sustain and it might be the best thing Stallone has ever done.