Directed by Kevin Carraway and starring Steve Austin and Michael Jai White, Chain of Command is a movie that went direct to DVD. I am not surprised because the movie is not very good with nothing original about the plot. It is about a military man, played by White, who works to expose those responsible for his brother’s death because it is his duty and his need to get revenge.
I have seen White in better movies like Black Dynamite. That I highly recommend. Another recent movie called Skin Trade, where White stars with Tony Jaa, is quite good, too. Watching him in a movie like Chain of Command is painful because it is such a bad movie. White is talented, and he should pick better movies where he has the opportunity to let his talent be seen on the screen.
The movie doesn’t do justice for Austin either. His scenes are lengthy tirades with no substance to back him up. That adds up to being boring with a big yawn. All in all, this movie is not worth watching. It is about Special Operative James Webster. He just returned home from duty, only to witness the brutal slaying of his brother. Webster immediately tries to retaliate and hunt down the perpetrators, but as he delves deeper into the secret world of corruption and murder, he finds himself at the center of a deadly conspiracy that cuts deep inside the walls of the US Government. The most ruthless military assassin, played by Austin, is hot on his trail. Webster must expose the corrupt high-ranking officials before he becomes just another victim of the evil plan to destroy.
