“Section 8” (**1/2 out of four) was an overall efficient action melodrama about a former soldier (Ryan Kwanten) who is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency (Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney, Scott Adkins, and others) but realizes too-little/too-late they are sinister and vindictive and he turns against them and goes on the run. Routine story involving various “Bourne” elements is enlivened by strong cast and overall fast pace. Mickey Rourke shows up in a minor role as Kwanten’s boss; he played a similar character in 1987’s “A Prayer For The Dying.”

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