Stars: Chris Levine, Micheal Pashan, Tyrone Magnus, Rachel Alig, Matt Erdems | Written and Directed by Michael Matteo Rossi

The Handler is the latest film from writer/director Michael Matteo Rossi, a name that might not be familiar to some but a filmmaker who has slowly been chipping away at the industry, honing his craft and – usually – crafting films that are at least interesting, if not always successful. As is the case with this film – which is an interesting action movie that, on a surface level, will please fans of frantic action, excessive violence and a bit of gore. However, the deeper story needs some work.

Told in a series of flashbacks, The Handler follows Ryker Dune (Chris Levine) who, in the present, is holed up in a house which is under invasion from assassin after assassin – men, women, guns, knives, feet, fists, nothing is spared trying to kill Ryker. Why?...