Dull and forgettable
Summary
Worldbreaker has a decent cast with solid performances and nice locations, but the story itself is boring and it lacks action scenes making it one you can avoid.
Plot: Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of our world brought creatures from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.
Review: I must be in some kind of phase right now as I just watched another post-apocalyptic movie; this time it’s Prime Video’s Worldbreaker starring Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich. I’d been looking forward to it as I like both actors and it looked entertaining from the trailers.
Sadly, I would barely even class this as an action picture as very little happens in it; this is mostly a tale of isolation with a father (Evans) and daughter, Willa (Billie Aimee Boullet) trying to survive on an island while the rest of the world battles monsters known as Breakers. Milla is really just an extended cameo only showing up for about 10-15 minutes of the runtime.
This is almost more of a drama and not a very interesting one at that; it has a few action scenes with some monster battling moments but it really could have done with more. It’s a shame as the performances are excellent with Luke Evans never phoning it in and Billie Aimee Boullet shining as the strong (and occasionally annoying) Willa. It is shot in Ireland, so it looks beautiful and the locations are definitely a highlight, but that doesn’t make a film good.
Some themes of of masculinity are explored but not to any degree, so the film doesn’t even say anything especially memorable.
It’s rarely exciting and understandable why it was dumped on streaming as I doubt it would make much of an impact at the box office.
Overall, despite some decent performances, nice locations and a couple of set-pieces Worldbreaker is undeniably tedious and needed more action to make it a bit more exciting. It has its moments but feels like a missed opportunity.