If you seen the movie Accident Man with Scott Adkins, well you gonna watch this and just be baffle how similar the 2 movies are with a bit of The Raid thrown into it. I kept telling myself "this would just be so much better if it was Michael Jai White, Amy Johnston, Ray Park and obviously Scott himself.
Alain Moussi is a very competent martial arts actor, and i enjoyed him in Kickboxer reboots, especially the second, and he is coming from a stuntman background, so it hurt for me to be negative toward this movie as obviously the budget must had been pretty low and im sure they did it with passion.
But i got to call it as it is and i think i am very generous to give it a 6 out of 10 on IMDB and a 3 stars on Letterboxd if only because ultimately i didn't dislike the movie, it was "ok", so ill still give it the yellow heart.
The issue is beside Alain Moussi, most actors in this are not from an on screen martial arts background. Frank Grillo is a good B movie actor, i like him, but don't expect him to pull out amazing fights. They got George St. Pierre, former UFC/MMA champion, and they use him in a ...gun fight? Not fist fight? Why?
Ultimately where the movie really loose points for me is how much the fights are filmed in a way to hide the fact that most of these peoples are really not used to film martial arts. Scenes are dark, flashy lights and fast jump cuts, at times i felt like i was watching a Steven Seagal movie.
There is a few competent fight scenes, but for a movie that is paper thin when it comes to plot and rely simply on this "Raid style" floor of boss fights, you would expect better action.
As i said above, i didn't hate it, i didn't looked at my phone or anything, but i just kept telling myself that for the peoples involved in this, it should had been much better, and ultimately some roles should had been casted differently.
I am someone very easy to please when it comes to action movies, especially Martial Arts movie, so for me it pass on the verge, but i would only "half recommand it" to the die hard fans of the genre. Peoples who seen everything like me and just want something new. But for others who watch a movie once a week or less, there is much better stuff to watch.
Alain Moussi is a very competent martial arts actor, and i enjoyed him in Kickboxer reboots, especially the second, and he is coming from a stuntman background, so it hurt for me to be negative toward this movie as obviously the budget must had been pretty low and im sure they did it with passion.
But i got to call it as it is and i think i am very generous to give it a 6 out of 10 on IMDB and a 3 stars on Letterboxd if only because ultimately i didn't dislike the movie, it was "ok", so ill still give it the yellow heart.
The issue is beside Alain Moussi, most actors in this are not from an on screen martial arts background. Frank Grillo is a good B movie actor, i like him, but don't expect him to pull out amazing fights. They got George St. Pierre, former UFC/MMA champion, and they use him in a ...gun fight? Not fist fight? Why?
Ultimately where the movie really loose points for me is how much the fights are filmed in a way to hide the fact that most of these peoples are really not used to film martial arts. Scenes are dark, flashy lights and fast jump cuts, at times i felt like i was watching a Steven Seagal movie.
There is a few competent fight scenes, but for a movie that is paper thin when it comes to plot and rely simply on this "Raid style" floor of boss fights, you would expect better action.
As i said above, i didn't hate it, i didn't looked at my phone or anything, but i just kept telling myself that for the peoples involved in this, it should had been much better, and ultimately some roles should had been casted differently.
I am someone very easy to please when it comes to action movies, especially Martial Arts movie, so for me it pass on the verge, but i would only "half recommand it" to the die hard fans of the genre. Peoples who seen everything like me and just want something new. But for others who watch a movie once a week or less, there is much better stuff to watch.