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Sabotage
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Ayer
Written by	Skip Woods David Ayer
Produced by	Bill Block David Ayer Ethan Smith Paul Hanson Palek Patel
Starring	Arnold Schwarzenegger Sam Worthington Olivia Williams Terrence Howard Joe Manganiello Harold Perrineau Martin Donovan Max Martini Josh Holloway Mireille Enos
Cinematography	Bruce McCleery
Edited by	Dody Dorn
Music by	David Sardy
Production companies	Albert S. Ruddy Productions Crave Films QED International Roth Films
Distributed by	Open Road Films
Release dates	March 19, 2014 (2014-03-19) (Los Angeles) March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) (United States)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$18,376,443

Sabotage (previously known as Ten and Breacher) is a 2014 American crime thriller film, directed by David Ayer, written by Skip Woods and Ayer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Plot

John "Breacher" Wharton (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of an elite team of DEA agents from the Special Ops Division, formed by James "Monster" Murray (Sam Worthington) and his wife Lizzy Murray (Mireille Enos), Joe "Grinder" Philips (Joe Manganiello), Julius "Sugar" Edmonds (Terrence Howard), Eddie "Neck" Jordan (Josh Holloway), Tom "Pyro" Roberts (Max Martini), Bryce "Tripod" McNeely (Kevin Vance), and "Smoke" Jennings (Mark Schlegel).

During a raid on a cartel warehouse, in which Smoke is killed, the team steals $10 million from the cartel's money, hides it in sewer pipes to collect later and split among themselves, and blows up the rest to cover their tracks. However, the money disappears, and their superior Floyd Demel (Martin Donovan) finds out about it and suspends them for several months, during which they are investigated for the theft. With no concrete evidence of their participation, Demel reinstates them. Later, Breacher finds out that Lizzy has become addicted to drugs and that her marriage with Monster is failing.

Pyro is killed when his trailer is rammed by a train, after someone drives it to the tracks while he's unconscious. Investigator Caroline Brentwood (Olivia Williams) and her partner Darius Jackson (Harold Perrineau) are assigned to the case and interrogate Pyro's teammates. Brentwood notes Neck is avoiding interrogation, and Breacher accompanies her to his house, where they find him nailed to the ceiling and disembowelled. Brentwood recognizes the execution as the M.O. of the cartels, leading Breacher to assume the cartel is hunting them down over the stolen money.

Breacher and Brentwood visit Tripod, who left the DEA after being suspended, and find him dead after a shootout in which he killed an assailant whom Breacher identified as a cartel enforcer. Monster later visits Brentwood, who is suspicious of Breacher, and tells her that Breacher's family was kidnapped by the cartels, who videotaped their murders and later sent the tape to Breacher alongside the severed limbs of his wife and son. Breacher spent months searching for his family's killers before the team convinced him to move on. Brentwood apologizes to Breacher, and they end up having sex.

Jackson traces the dead enforcer's cellphone to a cartel safe-house, which is raided by Breacher and his team. However, the enforcers are not there. They are later found dead at the bottom of a river near Tripod's house, and Brentwood realizes that they were killed before Pyro and Neck, meaning someone is framing the cartels of targeting the team. Breacher reunites the team to tell them what happened, and Lizzy lashes out and reveals she's been having an affair with Sugar. Grinder later confesses to Brentwood that they stole the money. Breacher meets with Grinder to discuss what's next when Grinder is shot dead by Lizzy, who is behind the murders alongside Sugar. Lizzy then meets with Monster to discuss her escape. Monster destroys her passport and Lizzy slashes him with a knife, killing him.

Breacher and Brentwood go to Lizzy's house and find Monster stuffed in a refrigerator. Lizzy calls Breacher, pretending to be alone, and arranges a meeting at a parking garage. Breacher goes there with Brentwood and engages in a shootout with Lizzy and Sugar, who attempt to escape but following a car chase through the city's streets end up crashing into a truck, decapitating Sugar. Breacher and Brentwood confront a dying Lizzy, who accuses the team of stealing the money behind their backs, causing her to swear revenge. Brentwood is puzzled, assuming Lizzy had stolen the money. Breacher tells the dying Lizzy that he took the money. Lizzy tries to reach for her weapon and Breacher kills her. Breacher tells Brentwood to be "a good girl and walk away." The local cops arrive and Breacher disappears.

Weeks later, Breacher is in Mexico, where he uses the stolen money to bribe a corrupt police officer into helping him identify the man who murdered his family. Breacher finds him in a Mexican bar and kills him and others loyal to him in a violent shootout, during which he is shot in the chest. Having avenged his family, a wounded Breacher sips on a drink and smokes his cigar as he hears the approaching sirens.

Cast

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as John “Breacher” Wharton, the commander of an elite squad of DEA operatives.
• Sam Worthington as James "Monster" Murray
• Olivia Williams as Investigator Caroline Brentwood
• Mireille Enos as Lizzy Murray
• Terrence Howard as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
• Joe Manganiello as Joe "Grinder" Phillips
• Josh Holloway as Eddie "Neck" Jordan
• Harold Perrineau as Jackson
• Martin Donovan as Floyd Demel
• Max Martini as Tom "Pyro" Roberts
• Kevin Vance as Bryce "Tripod" McNeely
• Gary Grubbs as Lou Cantrell
• Ralf Moeller

Production

Filming started on October 12, 2012 and was completed by December 13, 2012. While the initially released poster for the film gave a release date of April 11, it was released on March 28, 2014.

An unrated red band trailer for the film was released on February 7, 2014.

Marketing

To promote the film, Schwarzenegger and Joe Manganiello guested on the March 24, 2014 episode of WWE Raw, where they joined Hulk Hogan in the ring before confronting The Miz.

Reception

Sabotage received mostly negative reviews. The film-critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes lists 20% positive reviews based on 99 reviews, with an average score of 4.3/10. The site's consensus states: "Sabotage boasts one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's finer post-political performances, but it's wasted in a movie driven by grueling violence that punishes seemingly without purpose."

However, IGN gave the movie a rating of 7/10 with the following verdict: "Sabotage is far more effective than its action-centric trailers have suggested, with the film more a mystery-thriller that actually offers Arnold Schwarzenegger and the cool ensemble a chance to act and not just shoot guns."

Box office

The film, budgeted at $35 million, grossed $5.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing in seventh place. The $5.3 million opening was the worst for a Schwarzenegger film in over thirty years. The worldwide gross as of July 6, 2014 is $17.5 million, with $10.5 million of the total gross coming from America.

References

1. Sabotage (2014) at the British Board of Film Classification
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5. Wales, George (October 26, 2012). "Arnie gets a new look in first image from David Ayer's Ten". Total Film. Future Publishing. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
6. Chavez, Kellvin (December 20, 2013). "New Trailer for 'Sabotage' Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger". LatinoReview.com.
7. "Ralf Moeller 'Gladiator' 'We Just Finished 'Ten' With Arnold Schwarzenegger".
8. "IMDB Box office / business for Sabotage". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
9. Eisenberg, Eric (February 7, 2014). "Arnold Schwarzenegger's Sabotage Gets A Hardcore New Red Band Trailer". CinemaBlend.com.
10. "Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joe Manganiello to Guest Star on Monday's Raw". WWE. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
11. "Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joe Manganiello join Hulk Hogan in the ring: Raw, March 24, 2014". WWE/YouTube. 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
12. Sabotage (2014) at Rotten Tomatoes
13. "Sabotage" (2014) at IGN.
14. Faughnder, Ryan (March 27, 2014). "Noah' to sail to No. 1 at the box office". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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16. "Sabotage". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Sabotage at IMDb
• Sabotage at Box Office Mojo
• Sabotage at Rotten Tomatoes

• 2014 films
• Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Films shot in Atlanta, Georgia
• Films based on works by Agatha Christie
• American films
• American crime thriller films
• 2010s crime thriller films
• Films about Mexican drug cartels
• Films directed by David Ayer
• Open Road Films films
• QED International films