The Enforcer is a new crime thriller directed by Richard Hughes. After a few short films, this is only the first cinema film he has directed. In the film, the mobster Cuda (Antonio Banderas) takes the budding criminal Stray (Mojean Aria) under his wing and tries to teach him how to work in the Miami mafia world.
When Cuda spots young Billie (Zolee Griggs) engaged in criminal activity, he decides to help her too. In addition to his own criminal work, Cuda now has two novice criminals under him, whom he tries to help and protect against the dark figures of the mafia world. Unfortunately, for his first film, Richard Hughes does not always portray the film clearly, because he filmed some scenes a bit too moving or otherwise unclear. In addition to Richard Hughes' incipient directing work, this film is also W. Peter Iliff's first written screenplay. Peter Iliff has previously written other scripts for this film, but he did this together with other writers. As their first single directing and writing work, the two gentlemen unfortunately don't really help each other much. The story is difficult to follow as it deals with the two separate stories of Antonio Banderas, who tries to protect a young girl from the dangerous mafia world. The film only lacks real clear explanations about why someone from the criminal underworld like him is suddenly trying to protect a young thief. In addition, the story is also about Stray, who tries to learn how best to work in this mafia world. These storylines only really come together when one is needed the other. They ended up with a standard crime film, which remains a bit on the predictable side and can come across as long-winded without providing any real moments of tension. The film also seems to end at the end, but the story continues unnecessarily longer. Antonio Banderas is the biggest star of the film and he also tries to carry the film on his shoulders. Unfortunately, this is made difficult for him when the story then focuses on Mojean Aria, his characters who are busy with completely different things. The rest of the film cast also consists more of novice actors, or actors who have played more minor roles in other films. Unfortunately, every actor does not come forward as well or credibly in this film.
When Cuda spots young Billie (Zolee Griggs) engaged in criminal activity, he decides to help her too. In addition to his own criminal work, Cuda now has two novice criminals under him, whom he tries to help and protect against the dark figures of the mafia world. Unfortunately, for his first film, Richard Hughes does not always portray the film clearly, because he filmed some scenes a bit too moving or otherwise unclear. In addition to Richard Hughes' incipient directing work, this film is also W. Peter Iliff's first written screenplay. Peter Iliff has previously written other scripts for this film, but he did this together with other writers. As their first single directing and writing work, the two gentlemen unfortunately don't really help each other much. The story is difficult to follow as it deals with the two separate stories of Antonio Banderas, who tries to protect a young girl from the dangerous mafia world. The film only lacks real clear explanations about why someone from the criminal underworld like him is suddenly trying to protect a young thief. In addition, the story is also about Stray, who tries to learn how best to work in this mafia world. These storylines only really come together when one is needed the other. They ended up with a standard crime film, which remains a bit on the predictable side and can come across as long-winded without providing any real moments of tension. The film also seems to end at the end, but the story continues unnecessarily longer. Antonio Banderas is the biggest star of the film and he also tries to carry the film on his shoulders. Unfortunately, this is made difficult for him when the story then focuses on Mojean Aria, his characters who are busy with completely different things. The rest of the film cast also consists more of novice actors, or actors who have played more minor roles in other films. Unfortunately, every actor does not come forward as well or credibly in this film.