“Vanquish” (** out of four) was a well-made but empty and predictable pulp thriller about a former Russian drug courier (Ruby Rose) who is trying to put her past behind her but is coerced back into the vicious underworld by a criminal mastermind (Morgan Freeman) who holds her daughter hostage. Disappointing result for writer/director George Gallo who in better days wrote the script for “Midnight Run”; film has beautiful cinematography from Anastas Michos but is hampered by all-too-familiar and routine story. Freeman can play this role in his sleep by now and does in some scenes. Ultimately, there’s just not enough to “vanquish” here.