Aaron Eckhart as Benjamin Malloy in Chief of Station and Eckhart smiling as Steve Vail from The Bricklayer.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Those who enjoyed Aaron Eckhart in The Bricklayer need to check out his latest movie, which continues his recent career trajectory. Eckhart first came to people's attention as the star of In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors, which were controversial dark comedies from director Neil LaBute.
The rise in popularity of movies like Taken or The Expendables led to the term "geriaction," a genre of action vehicles fronted by aging stars like Neeson or Sylvester Stallone. While some critics employ the term derisively, there's a certain pleasure in watching an old pro prove they still have it. The Bricklayer cast Eckhart in the lead after the likes of Gerard Butler passed, and the star finally proved his geriaction credentials to the world at large.
While Eckhart has been delivering dramatic work on recent TV series like The First Lady, a glance at his film work since 2019 shows he's almost exclusively focused on action roles. The Bricklayer was the one that used him the best, but Chief of Station confirms Eckhart will be sticking with the action genre for the foreseeable future. His next action film will be Classified, where he plays yet another CIA agent seeking revenge.
Sadly, Kurylenko doesn't get much screen time in Chief of Station, and only enters the story in the final act to help Eckhart's Ben out of trouble. Still, the two co-stars have good chemistry together, to the point that it stings the film didn't introduce Kurylenko's Krystyna earlier. Like Eckhart, the actress has also moved into fronting streaming action movies such as The Courier, and Chief of Station also reunites Kurylenko with director Jesse V.
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