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‘Off the Grid’ Review: Josh Duhamel-Led Action Thriller Is a Formulaic Fizzle
In 'Off the Grid,' Josh Duhamel tries hard to be an ersatz Rambo, but he does more for the cookie-cutter movie than it ever does for him.
Josh Duhamel does his best to get his Rambo on as Guy, a research scientist who skedaddles from his lab at the San Francisco-based Belcor Enterprises after he discovers his corporate overlord intends to weaponize his current project, a palm-sized energy-producing reactor. He goes to ground and reinvents himself as a survivalist in a wilderness area of Tennessee, where he resides in a reconverted Quonset hut, maintains an elaborate array of boobytraps and warning signals to ward off unwelcome visitors, and generally stays (as the title says) off the grid. Occasionally, Guy motorcycles into a nearby small town to purchase supplies, conversing only with Chase (Michael Zapesotsky), the brainy teen cashier at a general store that only sporadically stocks Red Bull, his beverage of choice, and Josey (María Elisa Camargo), the friendly Latina who operates the local tavern and bed and breakfast.
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