Ngemuva kwe-Oscar yakhe yakamuva yethi "The Departed", Mark Wahlberg ihlanganisa i-sniper ye United States, owake wasuswa emhlabeni wezempi, ubuthelwa umsebenzi omusha. Lo mgomo uwugibe ngempela ngakho-ke yonke ifilimu isekelwe kuhambo lokuzidela lomlingiswa wethu oyinhloko ukuze afakazele ubumsulwa bakhe.
Umsebenzi wakamuva ka-Antoine Fuqua uthi a ifilimu yesenzo kuyathakazelisa, kunconywe kakhulu uma ungumthandi walolu hlobo. Ngokuphikisana kwakhe ukhumbuza kancane nge-Acorralado (ingxenye yokuqala ye-saga ye-Rambo), lapho owayekade elwa impi ephanjwe izwe lakhe kanye nebutho lakhe kufanele alwe nalabo abamyale njengomshini wokubulala, ebonisa - njengenjwayelo. okujwayelekile kulolu hlobo lwamafilimu - ukuthi inkantolo yenkohlakalo iye ezindaweni zayo eziphakeme emikhakheni ephezulu yamandla.