Chain of Command (2015)

CHAIN OF COMMAND and DEADLY TARGET are the same film. James Webster (Michael Jai White) returns home from Iraqistan where he was a highly trained special ops assassin. He meets his brother and a few of his old friends and soon a couple of them are dead. James attempts to find out who killed them and what is going on while he is being hunted. Ray Peters (Steve Austin) who "likes problems" and is "not cheap" is called in to clean up the mess using poorly written tough guy lines like "looks are perception."Michael Jai White plays a convincing assassin, while everyone else dies around him. Steve Austin gives us a bit about poor veterans' benefits as justification for murder and drug smuggling, something that didn't really help the case.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Iv'e only recently heard of Michael Jai White, he is clearly the black version of Jean Claude Van Damme with the straight to DVD action thrillers except Michael Jai White's movies are slightly better.Deadly Target aka Chain Of Command is nothing new, it has the extremely clichéd revenge/martial arts fighting/shoot em up scenario, the performances could have been better - the acting is a 6 out of 10, the actors are not 100% to blame, the Director obviously didn't push them hard enough to give more believable performances, it's like the Director couldn't be bothered.The fighting scenes are a 5 out of 10, not done very well at all and look very fake, the shooting action scenes are a lot better.The Goof IMDb section says it all, the movie could have at least got the balance of the money right, considering the money is the main reason for people in this movie getting abducted and killed.The film isn't that long, only about and hour and twenty five minutes, so the pacing of the movie isn't the problem, it's everything else.For people who are just starting to become fans of Michael Jai White, i recommend the movie "Tactical Force" instead, which is a lot better than this in every way.

first of all i like cast of Steve Austin and Michael Jai White playing and working each another role again like Tactical Force (2011) witch was underrated movie then this and well written then this movie. i love Steve Austin in a lot of movies like Expendables, Recoil, Hunt To Kill, Package,Tactical Force the rest are good like Maximum Conviction, The Condemned, a lot of movies he he did was good but this Chain Of Command AKA Echo Effect witch has lame name of movie, Action scenes were not much like not much of fights with Michael jai white and Steve Austin the lead role Michael Jai White did a lot of great movies like Blood and Bone, Undisputed 2, Falcon Rising,Universal Soldier: The Return, character of him did some staff like fights were good and all that and Steve Austin was not in it that much witch is sad i know he can do better movie then this i know he can do better role movie then this he was just talk's about Business that's it expect for ending he's shooting gun lame even acting was not bad at all but the CGI and all fake effect is like movie is not complete well low budget movie we all know that but it's like not even completed at all.Plot: (Michael Jai White)James Webster was solder come home from his duty to see his brother, soon he's brother was murdered. James was search for the perpetrators, but discovers a conspiracy that cuts deep inside the U.S. government drug trafficking with SWAT Trucks.and (Steve Austin)Ray Peters was Business man who got mission to take down James Webster (Max Ryan)Lt. Ross friend who knows James for years they worked each another before, but Ross is turning Against Him behind his back working with Ray. James is putting his friends all in danger to find out who murdered his brother getting buy accident but James Friends knew what was going so that's why they got involved. but movie is just noting special Steve Austin is just talking about getting James Webster and getting pay check doesn't do anything until of end of movie Steve Austin doesn't fight or anything but lame just towards end it's Michael Jai White and Max Ryan fighting like 30 seconds that's it witch is lame knife fight. that's end i know this movie could have done better just get Steve Austin movie for lead role someone should just give him better role for better movie. i mean i know better movies with Steve Austin then this crap movie i didn't like as much mostly i don't have problem with Michael Jai White as lead it's just movie didn't do much needs more action more of showing characters not just Michael Jai White i have enjoyed cast and action but some of action scenes are lame but rest were good and fun scenes but there wasn't much just half of movie was good and then half of it is bad turns out to be like one of bad movies i didn't like as much i know Austin could do better and Jai White Max Ryan is actor i didn't care for as much actor from Death Race (2008), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Kiss of Dragon (2001), The Foreigner (2003) with Steven Seagal. he did make good movies but for this not much at all just didn't do much not i care for reason i watched this movie is for Steve Austin and Michael Jai White but lead is Michael Jai White that's all mostly it's for fans like me but i just kinda got disappointed of this movie there wasn't much but if your fan of Jai White and Austin it's worth of try, not's worth of watching again and again 4.10 movie could have done it better i know Austin and Jai White could do better movies then this.

I just can't put my finger on it.Good actors for this type of movie.Michael Jai White and Steve Austin.Action was OK,often enough except for Michael Jai Whites pin point accuracy,one shot wonder.Maybe if he had missed a few times and fought more, you know,just let it drag on a bit more with better sound effects and action type music(not the cheesy kind).Altogether it was like.. Hey honey come watch this movie.Naw don't worry no violence in this one..and we fell asleep together on the couch 1/2 hour later.So if you need to see a bit of action without getting into trouble,this is it. A 6. Kinda like my BBQ's.