“Afterburn” (**1/2 out of four) was an efficient B-movie action melodrama set in the not-too-distant future in which a massive solar flare has destroyed the Earth’s eastern hemisphere and a mercenary for hire (Dave Bautista) is hired by a malevolent millionaire (Samuel L. Jackson) to travel to Europe to steal the Mona Lisa painting and finds a beautiful woman (Olga Kurylenko) but encounters bloodthirsty treachery every step of the way. Very mechanical movie mirrors the sort of 80’s action vehicles you would see with Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme but having said that- it’s filled with action and has some humorous dialogue. Bautista is strong in the lead and Jackson dominates his scenes as always.