Yeah this film is what it is and is no more. If you are really desperate to go to the movies (and we were in Australia, lol, there is simply very little on here at the moment with the cinemas showing a lot of old movies) then go see it but I would tend to leave this one until it appears on your favourite streaming service.
The plot of the film is thus: Jim Hanson comes across two Mexicans, a mother and her son (Rosa and Miguel), who are attempting to escape the Mexican cartel, and who are entering the US illegally. Jim reports it to Customs and Border Patrol (who are too busy at that time to attend fortunately for the movie). During this time members of the cartel see them and a small shoot out transpires during which the mother is shot and one of the cartel is killed who just happens to be the brother of the main cartel member in this movie. And revenge must be sought!
As she is dying Rosa gives Jim an address in Chicago to take Miguel to and a bag full of cash taken from the cartel by Rosa's brother (which is why the cartel are chasing Rosa and Miguel) as the price (reward) of Jim taking Miguel to Chicago. Jim, whose property is about to be foreclosed on, agrees to take Miguel to Chicago for the cash and the film is about the trials and tribulations as they venture onwards to Chicago.
Jim, apparently, does not own a mobile phone or a phone of any sort, as he does not want to be contacted and, instead of using the cash in the bag to purchase things on the way, uses his credit card (which, apparently, is OK by him and despite Jim being, apparently, in desperate financial circumstances appears to have an unlimited credit limit (I am surprised he even has a credit card)) to make those purchases and is, thus, traceable by those purchases and the cartel is able to follow Jim.
Miguel, also fortunately for the film as Jim later finally cottons onto the fact that the cartel are tracing his credit card purchases, drops a map that Jim purchased earlier where Chicago is clearly marked that the cartel find and the cartel is now aware of their ultimate destination.
It is an action adventure and, like I said, it does not pretend to be anything else and is 90 minutes or so of escapism of sorts. There are really no surprises or plot twists to keep you engaged, you will have to rely on the action. The cartel members freely kill for no necessary reason on their way to Chicago. I guess the writers did that to make the audience "hate" the notional bad guys. However, it is difficult to become emotionally engaged in the film and the film suffers as a result.
I read through some of the reviews earlier and I am really surprised by the good reviews that this film has gotten. It really ain't that good.