ACCIDENT MAN marks another collaboration for martial arts star Scott Adkins and director Jesse V. Johnson. This time around it's a comic book adaptation, shot on an obviously low budget but with plenty of style and visual flair to offset the familiarity of the story, which is essentially a low rent JOHN WICK spin-off. Adkins plays an unlikeable assassin in a cast of unlikeable characters who goes off the deep end when a loved one is murdered. What follows is a string of typically excessive and well-choreographed fight scenes which prove real highlights in a Hollywood world of CGI and stunt performers. Adkins' smackdown with Michael Jai White and Ray Park is the incredible highlight here, but the climactic bout with Amy Johnston also delivers. The script is a little profane and lunk-headed for my liking, but the casting director has done well and the likes of Ray Stevenson shine amid the regular mayhem. Not as good as their follow-up AVENGEMENT, nonetheless ACCIDENT MAN packs a real punch.
Review of Accident Man
