I can imagine that women who have been through abuse would rate this movie higher, but as a male viewer i found the movie to be too slow,and preachy and really devoid of literally any action whatsoever.. there are some moments that build in intensity but it goes nowhere..The movie tires to show the lead as a woman who has developed the skills needed to deliver justice to the abusers of others, but reading a krav maga book and standing in front of a heavy bag just hitting it while standing in place is NOT going to develop such skills..This is plainly evident ,the moment she has to deliver justice, we arent shown her doing it...the reason for this is she hasnt the training, either as the character in the movie, nor as an actress who has trained for the role...its painfully lacking and so the director simply leaves such scenes out...when she has to face her husband , she is easily overwhelmed despite her training...as someone else has commented , she is no "peppermint" nor is she atomic blonde.... was the story interesting? Yes ,enough so that i watched till the end, only fastforwarding thru a few preachy moments that just dragged on and on...it had Atmosphere and I could see how women who had been thru this would empathize and really connect with the character..that part of the story came across well, but those looking for a dark,avenging ,angel type of story with a kickass lead are going to be seriously disappointed....
Review of A Vigilante
