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Falcon Rising

  • 20142014
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  • 1h 43m
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5.7/10
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Michael Jai White and Masashi Odate in Falcon Rising (2014)
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Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
IMDb RATING
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8.9K
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    • Ernie Barbarash
    • Y.T. Parazi
  • Stars
    • Michael Jai White
    • Neal McDonough
    • Jimmy Navarro
    • Ernie Barbarash
    • Y.T. Parazi
  • Stars
    • Michael Jai White
    • Neal McDonough
    • Jimmy Navarro
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    • 65User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
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    Michael Jai White in Falcon Rising (2014)
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    Michael Jai White
    Michael Jai White
    • John 'Falcon' Chapman
    Neal McDonough
    Neal McDonough
    • Manny
    Jimmy Navarro
    Jimmy Navarro
    • Thiago
    Millie Ruperto
    Millie Ruperto
    • Katarina
    Lateef Crowder
    Lateef Crowder
    • Carlo
    Masashi Odate
    Masashi Odate
    • Hirimoto
    Hazuki Kato
    Hazuki Kato
    • Tomoe…
    Laila Ali
    Laila Ali
    • Cindy
    Sala Baker
    Sala Baker
    • Gang Member 2
    Arianna Benitez
    • Child Prostitute
    Jazmín Caratini
    Jazmín Caratini
    • Nurse
    Jonathan Cardenales Rolon
    • Cage Officer
    Daniel Cardona
    Daniel Cardona
    • Kuka
    José Caro
    • Dr. Christo
    Ernesto Concepción
    • Bruno
    Eduardo Cortés
    • Taxi Driver
    José Cotté
    • Cashier
    Juan Pablo Díaz
    • Paulo
      • Ernie Barbarash
      • Y.T. Parazi
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      It's mentioned in the film that Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside Japan. This is correct; there are an estimated 1.6 million people of Japanese descent in Brazil, making up around 1% of the population.
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene the bullets he places in the shot glass have already been fired. You can see the indent where the firing pin has struck the primer on the back of the bullet.
    • Quotes

      John 'Falcon' Chapman: [after subduing thieves in a convenience store] You either shoot me or stop wasting my time!

    • Alternate versions
      There is a second version of the film which uses different angles in violent scenes (various headshots) and shortens the death of Carlo. That version was created by the the studio itself (probably for TV broadcasting). Unaware of two different versions, the German version distributor Black Hill released the cut version. After details of the uncut version were released on schnittberichte.com, the uncut version was released as well. It was released e.g. in Germany (the uncut version was released later as well).
    • Connections
      References Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Sweet Apple
      Written by Chase Lynn Frank ASCAP

      Performed by Chase Frank, Butler Ahmad and Duncan Wayne

      Courtesy of Danish Viking Music ASCAP

    User reviews65

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    7/10
    Yakuza in Brazil, why not? So send in the falcon!...
    I had very little expectations to the movie, as I hadn't even heard about it prior to stumbling upon it by sheer luck on Netflix. I decided to watch it solely because Michael Jai White starred in it.

    And it turned out that this action flick was actually rather entertaining. Sure, the storyline was generic and something that definitely has been seen before in other action movies. But the combination of the storyline, the action, the acting, and the cast, then the end result really worked out as an entertaining action movie with that late 1980's feel that action movies had back then.

    The story, in all its simplistic glory, is about a an ex-marine (played by Michael Jai White) who travels to Brazil, where he takes up fighting the Yakuza in the slums of Brazil, because the Yakuza attacked her sister and left her for dead.

    There is a lot of action and fighting throughout the course of "Falcon Rising", and I will say that the action sequences and the fight scenes were quite nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. Which only added to the enjoyment of the movie, of course.

    "Falcon Rising" is definitely worth the time of watching if you are a fan of old school action movies.
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    • Jun 7, 2018

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      • September 4, 2014 (United States)
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      • English
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      • La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Production company
      • Strohberry Films
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes
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