Teddy Bears, Torn Maps, and Broken Monitors: Security in Review

If you are like me, you love a good movie about a hero. Of course, this isn't about comic book superheroes, this is a film about ordinary people who do extraordinary things. A movie that will have you at the edge of your seat in this action thriller starring Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsly, Liam McIntyre; Directed by Alain Desrochers.     

Eddie Deacon (played by Antonio Banderas) a former Marine takes responsibility to protect a little girl (played by Katherine de la Rocha) from a gang who wants to prevent her from going to trial as a witness. Of course, this happens on his first night on the job as a Mall Security Guard.     

Out of five stars, I would give this a four and a half stars. Security is the kind of movie where it succeeds on all fronts. Everything was prepared just right. Nothing was done without purpose. There is nearly a reason for everything. From the moment of Eddie's time alone in a hotel, it's dark and shows his turmoil, and then the mall shows the bright contrast to the new world Eddie finds himself in with his new coworkers. Like the writers, directors, and producers--the villain himself (played Ben Kingsly) doesn't do anything without a purpose. It's something that you can't forget at all throughout the film.    

Without spoiling it, there are conversations between Eddie and Vance (played by Liam McIntyre) and later Eddie and the little girl Jamie, he must protect, that foreshadow to events later in the film. One of them dealing with a riot barricade and "El Fuego" as Vance calls it which is a three-wheeler.    

From the beginning, it doesn't feel like just a bunch of pieces of wood talking at each other. Their skills as actors and their chemistry does this film credit. You can feel Eddie’s exhaustion as he starts in the film, and the viewer watches as he goes from loner to a natural leader and prepared to lead a ragtag group of security guards against a man that would kill them all. Just as Ben Kingsly plays the ruthless master manipulator; he is well spoken and willing to kill everyone, not just the good guys, but his own people. Liam McIntyre plays Vance, the leader of the Security Guards, he and Antonio Banderas develop obvious comradery. Though it takes some time to build up.    In the end, Eddie saves the girl and the bad guy loses. 

In this day and age, this is what we people want to see. We want to see our heroes rise to the occasion, we want to see the villains defeated. This is where Security delivers and more.