In the bonus track of the DVD of "All the Devil's Men," writer-director Matthew Hope discussed his goal in exposing how the CIA began as an intelligence gathering organization, but evolved into "an assassination agency."

At least Lyndon Johnson agreed with Hope when he famously remarked that the CIA was "running a Murder, Inc." operation. As it turns out, the film was more of a standard action film than a political exposé, and Hope's directorial skills are better than his screenwriting.

A weakness of the film was in the character of Leigh, who is the CIA operative directing the lead character Collins and his fellow "bounty hunters," who are contract killers with an endless supply of assignments. Leigh was never entirely credible as the rogue agent motivated primarily by personal reasons to avenge the death of her father, who was beheaded by the film's villain in South Waziristan in northwest Pakistan.

According to the bonus segment, the film had pretensions of showing how "empires are destroyed from within." But the viewer is confronted by such a convoluted plot and so many double-crosses that it was difficult to contemplate the big picture of an intelligence agency run amok and "working in the shadows." There were also too many clichés in the scripting, including such lines as, "Are we protecting the homeland, or are we just making more enemies?"

Milo Gibson is good in the leading role of the beleaguered veteran contract agent. Gibson is the son of actor Mel Gibson, and, although Milo is much stockier than his dad, the facial resemblance is uncanny. Gibson turned in a credible performance.

In the bonus track, Hope described how the film was intended as a throwback to such thrillers as "The French Connection." But that film had superb plotting, well-rounded characters, and the gritty realism of international crime, features that were missing in "All the Devil's Men."

'All the Devil's Men' is a film I don't want to, but probably will forget very soon.

Milo Gibson is excellent as the film's hero, Jack Collins. When Jack is betrayed during a mission to stop a gangster from obtaining a warhead, he takes matters into his own hands because it has just become a personal matter. I rooted for Jack from the very moment I noticed him taking medication. It showed his vulnerability, and it was a very realistic character.

The cast delivered very good, believable performances. I did find the story very complex, though, and this might be one of the main reasons why I won't remember the film as much as I'd like to. There was also way too much swearing.

I enjoyed the fact there was no distracting, cliched love interest. I also respect the film makers for using practical effects instead of CGI, and shooting on location. This makes a huge difference (for me) in a film. Some of the action sequences were really good.

Milo Gibson was so good as Jack. He is incredibly sexy and close-up shots of him was to me like waving candy to a kid. At least - if I don't remember the film - I will remember him...

Nothing too interesting in this low budget British thriller. It's one of those JOHN WICK derived ones where there are loads of assassins and hit squads roaming around and trying to take down our heroes, but the money just isn't there to make things look good. Most of the time they seem to encounter the baddies at night in old warehouses or industrial estates. The plot is barely existent and just involves the good guys trying to get the bad guys. Milo Gibson is the nominal hero but has none of his dad's charisma and feels thuggish for the most part. The action direction is all right but a film needs a lot more than that to be decent.