You don’t want to mess with Elsa Pataky on a netball court: she will intercept every goddamn ball you can throw in her general vicinity.
Interceptor lands on Netflix this June 3, a brand new action blockbuster starring Pataky as a remote missile interception station’s last line of defense. Googling “Interceptor” mostly brings up results for heartworm medication for dogs, a deeper looks confirms that the film is the directorial debut of Australian thriller novellist Matthew Reilly, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Collateral screenwriter Stuart Beattie.
Reilly wanted to pen a relatively inexpensive film that could be contained to one location, where Pataky’s heroic character JJ Collins must stop a vengeful former intelligence officer (Luke Bracey) from getting into the remote station’s inner sanctum. Once he does, cities across the United States will have no chance to survive the sixteen nuclear missiles he’s got heading their way.
“I have contained or killed everyone else on this vessel”, Bracey promises in the trailer below. “I will be getting into that command centre.” I would not count on it, bud, considering Pataky’s effortless cool while she blows a strand of hair out of her eyes. Interceptor also features Australian actors Colin Friels and Zoe Carides, which makes sense as filming took place in the state of New South Wales last March.
Pataky must have taken some extra Netflix action lessons from husband Chris Hemsworth, whose hit for the streaming service Extraction seems to be the flavour of the day again here. The pair trained together, and Hemsworth serves as executive producer. The titles of their movies are even pretty dang similiar: he extracts, she intercepts, how adorable to have matching his-hers Netflix thrillers.
Perhaps the biggest difference between them is that she’s had three kids throughout her own badass film career, so her action-figure mode here is extra daunting. Give the Interceptor trailer another watch to appreciate that one-handed rail grab—seriously impressive stuff.
