Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Sorry, this movie sucks

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This 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.

"Vendetta" never feels real. It opens with a car "chase" that looks more like a product placement. The police procedures don't seem authentic. The detective's home looks like something he could never afford and the back yard doesn't seem to belong to the rest of the property. A criminal who supposedly is involved in all manner of nefarious activities is set free when one key witness disappears. The prison looks like an abandoned prison with brand new weights in the exercise yard. There is a bright new humidor that sometimes holds cigars and sometimes holds something else. Even the fight scenes, which are usually strong points in WWE films, aren't convincing. It has a few bright spots, including interesting performances by Michael Eklund as the warden and Matthew MacCaull as a guard. The cinematography is pretty good with decent lighting and steady shots that look like the camera had actually been locked down on a tripod or other support mechanism. There are a couple of nicely executed time-lapse shots. Make-up effects were convincing.Dean Cain has 139 credits on IMDb, but I've only seen a few of his films. He held his own in dramatic scenes playing opposite Denzel Washington in "Out of Time." But he was in much better shape then and had a convincing role. With a more capable director at the helm, a better screenplay and better action choreography, I might believe that the 2003 Cain could hold his own in a fight against Paul Wight. We've seen movies about characters who break into prison one way or another to confront an adversary, including "A Law Abiding Citizen," "Face/Off" and "Escape Plan." For such plots to work, the protagonist must have some expectation of eventually escaping or using his incarceration as an alibi. Here, the plot makes the protagonist unsympathetic and fatalistic. The biggest problem with this film lies in the motivation of the characters. For the story to work, there needs to be a lot of history between the detective and the villain. The villain needs a strong motive to target the detective's family and the attack needs to be particularly loathsome. The plot also needs to make sense. Danvers is a detective. Abbott is locked up with murderers and other violent criminals. Danvers could more easily destroy evidence or persuade a key witness to recant testimony to induce one of the inmates to murder Abbott. Danvers doesn't seem driven by extraordinary circumstances. None of the motivations, big or small, make much sense. When Danvers learns there is an intruder in his home, he races there and calls his partner instead of sending uniformed officers. Joel pulls a dramatic U-turn and races to the prison to attend to something that could wait until morning. Police need a warrant to arrest somebody, unless they actually witness them commit a crime. Nobody can simply tell a SWAT team to arrest somebody for some crime committed months or years previously. It's difficult to make revenge plots sympathetic. The protagonist has to have a strong sense of commitment to justice and feel justice has been thwarted, but the movie fails to do this. The protagonist is unsympathetic and uncommunicative. His plan isn't clever. He takes a blunt force approach, but doesn't have unique skills. Along the way, he engages in confrontations with others who had nothing to do with his original motive. We don't see character development. The movie lacks any sort of moral. Very little seemed convincing. Nothing seemed original, exciting, suspenseful or cathartic.

Wilhelm 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.

Co-directors Jen and Sylvia Soska making an action film? It definitely sounded interesting. This duet of Canadian filmmakers earned fame in the horror genre thanks to the twisted aesthetic and sardonic sense of humor displayed in films like the excellent American Mary and the mediocre, but moderately entertaining See No Evil 2. Therefore, it was natural that they decided to expand their horizons venturing into different types of stories; and a revenge tale sounded like a good option, because it offers wide opportunity for them to exploit their affinity for the gore. Besides, under the auspice from World Wrestling Entertainment, there won't be missing any fighters to fill the screen with imposing villains. What could go wrong? Unfortunately, many things. Practically everything, in fact. To start with, Vendetta doesn't display even a pinch of the rich and distinctive visual style which characterizes the Soska sisters. On the opposite, everything looks... I don't know... small and lifeless, from the bland locations in the most austere imaginable "prison" to the fights which integrate an important part of the hollow screenplay. The edition also looks amateur, hindering the action and diluting even the slightest suspense. And let's not forget the atrocious performances from the whole cast, with the exception of Dean Cain. Like many other people, I have a "geek" affection for Cain, whose likable work as Superman/Clark Kent in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman made him a cult figure and the main actor in an uncountable number of "B" movies. He isn't a great actor, but he isn't bad either, and his expression of rage and determination in Vendetta makes him credible in his role. I truly hope the fact that Vendetta was a mere mercenary project for the Soska sisters, and that it doesn't reflect a decline of their talent or the dramatic apathy they will display from now on. Hopefully, this was just a contractual duty or an economical maneuver to finance their next project, which will be essential to determine whether there's vision left in the duet, or if we have to discard them and seek somewhere else for the redeemers of the horror and the action genres. Fortunately, there are other female candidates, such as Jennifer Kent (The Babadook) and Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), so we can be calm. But I wouldn't like missing the Soska sisters. The co- directors of American Mary deserve another chance.