Police is trying to evacuate a residential building in Puerto Rico ahead of a hurricane. When it's attacked a criminal gang, the two sides battle as a storm rages outside.

This is a derivative action B-movie. This genre has become a refuge of lesser stars, aging action stars, and actors with issues. This movie struggles with weak writing and sad locations. The apartment setting is strictly generic and does not take advantage of Puerto Rico. I actually appreciate them bringing work to the island after so many local disasters and I'm willing to overlook their personal flaws. It's too bad that this is an inferior product.

By Force of Nature they mean something else ... well at least that's what I'd say. You may disagree. Mel Gibson has quite the easy role to play here. He plays the "too old for that ..." thing, that you may know from another output of his, but played by another actor. Emilie Hirsch is supposed to be the main character here and Kate Bosworth too. The latter being the one that has some interesting moments and developments.

Overall this is a neat little thriller and action movie. Nothing really impressive, but nothing that is really bad either. I may be a bit too nice with my rating - especially considering other things I've rated, but overall you'll find me being generous rather than the other way around. The bad guy (also known from the Dexter TV show amongst many other things) is quite charismatic, but has as many flaws as the movie itself ...

Gee, how many guys did John the Baptist (David Zayas) need to rob a bunch of paintings? I don't recall how big his gang was starting out, but five of his men were taken out before he became pet food himself, which still left his locksmith somewhere at the end still standing. So that would be a total of seven, which made for a lot of guys sharing in the proceeds, provided you could sell all those masterpieces on the black market.

So anyway, there's not much to recommend here. A couple of reviewers for this film mention how Mel Gibson seems to be going the way of Bruce Willis in these sub-par action flicks, which is something I thought of as well when this thing got under way. However I did like the nuance Gibson provided to the character he portrayed, a retired ex-cop with a nasty lung condition that made it seem like he was heading for his last roundup, even without the bad guys showing up. Ray Barrett (Gibson) wheezed and hacked his way through the picture while cracking wise with Cardillo (Emile Hirsch) and Pena ( Stephanie Cayo),partner cops responding at first to a dust up at the local grocery, then moving on to evacuate an apartment complex ahead of a major hurricane.

Here's the million dollar question I'd like someone to answer - how is it that John the Baptist, who probably wore a shirt about a size 3XL, manage to fit into Cardilo's cop uniform, which was no bigger than a Large?