It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
... View MoreIn other words,this film is a surreal ride.
... View MoreYes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
... View MoreExcellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
... View MoreThis story was written by two 13 year old boys at a sleepover after too many e-numbers. The pitch went like this: This man comes in and shoots the other man, then another man, then the other man, then they fight then they go to prison then they hit each other, then another man is there and he hits the man, then the man stabs the man then he kills the man, then they go to sleep and the next day the man fights the man and the man kills the other man then, then, then... You get the idea.But Will! WIIIIIIILLLLLLL! So, Will has been working hard for Warden Snyder, you see, and Warden Snyder has noticed his efforts. Some time before the story begins, Warden Snyder has offered Will a part in his dastardly dealings, a small part at first, until Warden Snyder feels like he can trust him with the bigger picture. Will's got a family to support and welcomes the extra work, but as the extent of the Wardens wicked ways reveals itself he becomes disillusioned with his new position. Unable to find a way out without incurring the wrath of the Warden, Will reluctantly continues to play his part. Poor Will. His undeserved and untimely demise was truly, truly shocking. We should mourn this fine man, God rest his soul. And what of his family? Such a shame.BUT IT WAS THE FUNNIEST PART OF THE FILM! It was so quick and unexpected that I screamed out loud. This spectacular couple of seconds of cinematic marvel is the reason I've given this four stars instead of three.
... View MoreThis movie felt more like a 90's direct-to-video action movie than most actual 90's direct-to-video action movies. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing.Getting it out of the way -- this movie is dopey. Very, very dopey. But who cares? The action is solid, the score and music is good, the villain is creepy and intense, and Dean Cain delivers a solid performance as the hero turned anti-hero. Felt like a spiritual sequel to 'Death Warrant' with Van Damme set in modern day.The duo of directors seem to primarily work in the horror genre, and it shows. They seemed to shoehorn in a lot of blatant gore that, in many places, felt very unnecessary and out of place for the genre. It didn't hurt the film, but just didn't feel 100% right for the tone. Other than that, the film was well directed and looked much "bigger" than the small budget I assume they had.Overall, 'Vendetta' is a well-done, fun little action flick. Check it out.
... View MoreI am a fan of wwe so I decided to watch this film but I should have known better. The premise sees a cop get arrested on purpose so he can get a revenge on an inmate. Dean cain plays the cop and I did not care about his character one bit he just didn't connect to me as a protagonist because for the most part he was as bad as the villains in this film. None of the other characters were interesting either, whether it was the eccentric warden or cains partner or wife. The only decent performance is actually by the big show. The wrestler fit the role of the villain pretty well and used his physicality to play a pretty menacing villain. The story should have been easily executed but the story just never gets going or get you emotionally excited. The script had some awful dialogue that was just delivered by very wooden performances. The style actually had some decent action scenes that were hard hitting, also the soundtrack was pretty cool. However, there weren't any really memorable action scenes and some questionable editing in the film. Overall this is an awful film that you really shouldn't see.
... View MoreWilhelm Scream. You know the one. It's been in movies since the days of black and white westerns. It's the same scream ol' Captain Wilhelm belted out when his leg was impaled by an Apache arrow. Sadly you have to wait almost 2 hours to hear it, but when you do you'll stop everything else to watch as a guy does a horizontal 720 from a barely landed weak hand punch. Pathetic.Seriously, worst scene in the movie; when a "hardened", veteran cop continues to fire his gun after the slide has locked in place, then looks at it like "oh, that's why it won't shoot.". Terrible. Just terrible.
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