Lights Out is another of the better straight-to-streaming titles to come out in the 2020s. There is good reason for this. These performers clearly enjoy putting in the training and physicality to do the trained mixed martial arts on-camera that you see in these films.
Grillo brings the heat when given good dialogue. Here is no different. The other actors all gave what I thought were passable performances for their character. It is always a pleasure to get a performance from Mekhi Phifer.
The fight scenes were filmed with finesse, These scenes proved to be the foundation of the movie. The scenes in between are standard for the story, though I would not say formulaic.
The story does get a bit convoluted at times. I also thought the ending was something taken from a different film. Let's be honest, though: you do not watch an action movie expecting the story to be better than the action scenes,
Overall, a winner. Lights Out is a gritty film that does not get dirty, like the bloody bare knuckles that are thrown in the on-screen brawls throughout!
Grillo brings the heat when given good dialogue. Here is no different. The other actors all gave what I thought were passable performances for their character. It is always a pleasure to get a performance from Mekhi Phifer.
The fight scenes were filmed with finesse, These scenes proved to be the foundation of the movie. The scenes in between are standard for the story, though I would not say formulaic.
The story does get a bit convoluted at times. I also thought the ending was something taken from a different film. Let's be honest, though: you do not watch an action movie expecting the story to be better than the action scenes,
Overall, a winner. Lights Out is a gritty film that does not get dirty, like the bloody bare knuckles that are thrown in the on-screen brawls throughout!