Against my better judgement I watched this and 5 minutes in I thought, you know what, this may be different enough to be half decent. After about 30 minutes I realised how wrong I was. The film doesn't just stop there it keeps getting worse and worse and worse until the credits thankfully finally roll.
The original is a classic piece of 80s cheese, it's sexy, it's violent, it's got personality and character. This is a John Wick remake of road house, but not the good first John Wick film, this is a John Wick 4 remake of road house. It's truly terrible, instantly forgettable rubbish.
Arguably it's actually got more plot than the original, a good reason for the baddie acting the baddie for example. But also it makes less sense than the original with Dalton morphing from an MMA fighter to Denzels Equaliser at the flick of a switch.
What else?
The "actors" are simply not up to the job, There's no character development, There's no characters, The script is threadbare, The music is lacklustre, There's no love story element, It's been de-sexed and de-nudified, The fights are rubbish, Magreggor is an annoying clown bringing his own brand of small D energy, There's needless CGI, The cinematography is nauseating, It's far too long.
Really this is a cartoon for 13yo boys. Unsurprising but disappointing nonetheless. Avoid it like the plague.
The original is a classic piece of 80s cheese, it's sexy, it's violent, it's got personality and character. This is a John Wick remake of road house, but not the good first John Wick film, this is a John Wick 4 remake of road house. It's truly terrible, instantly forgettable rubbish.
Arguably it's actually got more plot than the original, a good reason for the baddie acting the baddie for example. But also it makes less sense than the original with Dalton morphing from an MMA fighter to Denzels Equaliser at the flick of a switch.
What else?
The "actors" are simply not up to the job, There's no character development, There's no characters, The script is threadbare, The music is lacklustre, There's no love story element, It's been de-sexed and de-nudified, The fights are rubbish, Magreggor is an annoying clown bringing his own brand of small D energy, There's needless CGI, The cinematography is nauseating, It's far too long.
Really this is a cartoon for 13yo boys. Unsurprising but disappointing nonetheless. Avoid it like the plague.