It takes a good long while to even figure out why the action keeps cutting back to Method Man and Da’Vine Joy Randolph – though the latter is so much better than she needs to be that you wish she was the star of Shadow Force.

Kerry Washington and Omar Sy play married ex-assassins on the run in a passable popcorn entertainment that needed more wit, style and electricity.

Action isn't the only thing 'Shadow Force' has going for it — Jahleel Kamara is hysterical as Kyrah and Isaac's son and Da'Vine Joy Randolph kills it as Auntie, one of Kyrah and Isaac's old friends who is also hunting Cinder and the remains of Shadow Force.