What smartphone just up and turns off with no warning when it runs out of battery? It would display "Shutting down", at least.

It started as just a nitpicky observation, but I guess that detail is a good illustration of how the whole film is put together. The shape of the plot is all there, but the follow-through is half-baked. There are elements of character development, but it ultimately falls short.

Having come to the film with no expectations, I was pleasantly surprised by the parkour (which Chrome stubbornly refuses to acknowledge as a real word) sequences. As far as production value, the parkour scenes are pretty well done. It's too bad that the scenario is only half there.

I did enjoy seeing Marie Avgeropoulos in a role other than _The 100_'s Octavia. It's hard to say which role had more depth, though. Octavia doesn't get a lot of time to grow independently from Clarke et al in _The 100_. But Nikki seems to have more depth than Cam in _Tracers_.

In the end, this film is an enjoyable watch, if a little mindless. If you turn your brain off and just enjoy the parkour, it's fun. Just don't try to make sense of the hokey, contrived scenario. The plot holes (like [spoiler]when did Cam quit his job as a bike courier, or make a deal to get his car back from the Chinese?[/spoiler]) will make you crazy if you actually think.

Final rating decision: 6.1