Acts of Vengeance

ACTS OF VENGEANCE is another sterling B-movie thriller from director Isaac Florentine, who is one of my favourites working in today's cinema. Given that this was made on a strict budget in Bulgaria standing in for New York, it's actually very good. Florentine cut his teeth making fine action flicks with the great Scott Adkins, and he retains the action template here while casting Antonio Banderas as the lead instead. The story is nothing special and about a guy hunting for his family's killer, but I liked the mystery aspects of the narrative and the protagonist's character arc from ruthless lawyer to crime-fighting vigilante. Banderas gives a very good performance, he's better than he was in SECURITY, and he convinces in the action too. There aren't quite as many fights as I was hoping for, but those that do take place are excellent and have splendid choreography, as you'd expect. Karl Urban is a welcome presence in the cast to boot. Think of this as a poor man's JOHN WICK if you will, but that doesn't make it any the less entertaining.

Not a bad vigilante movie in which Antonio Banderas plays a kind of Nicholas Cage character. Nothing new under the sun, as we say in France. I find here some EQUALIZER elements: Russian mob, teen hooker, mystical avenger reading books, aware of sounds and eye glancing. And of course Chuck Bronson's ghost is nearly everywhere in this film. I expected nor worse or better. Just an adequate time waster.

This film has references to multiple films: since John Wick to Rocky they're present. Antonio Banderas looks like a lawyer with a pronunciation of English so bad that can't understand what he's done with his free time. Everything is unlikely: the idea of a celebration with a high-level lawyer participating in the afternoon is impossible. For the police to show such a low level of professionalism is amazing. The twist was obvious: if no suspects are shown it is already clear from the first moment who is the bad guy, who in the end was not so bad, but that he still deserved punishment. The dog appearence is amazing. The friendly and hispanic nurse who accepts a man doesn't talk to her and has him as his only friend is incredible. Nothing holds up. Action sequences are fine, but there are actually three. The movie is short and if it wasn't for that I'd give you two points.

This truly is one very rubbish film, I was hoping it would get better as I watched it but it didn't, it was predictable and cheesy, another embarrassing movie on netflix

I think that the people who have made this movie don't know what the f they are doing. Its just why the hell does this movie even exist. Is the same old bloody revenge stuff that has just is getting so old by now that is just a dying genre. They try to make the main character played by Antonio Banderas not saying a word the most off the movie and they think that it's pays off no it doesn't cause his acting is so bad that he basically destroys most off the film. Just making him stop talking is the only way to make his character a bit interesting but no he is as compelling as a brick just a cliche main lead we have seen a hundred times before. The action scenes are alright, I especially like the first and the last fight cause there were som tension in them that was quite exiting to watch. But that was the only 2 things I liked in this movie everything else is boring we have seen it all before crap from people that have no passion and should be fired from the movie industry forever.

I like his acting, but I don't understand why he's taking such bad scripts and working for such bad directors, lately. This one is as lame as his recent "Security". The plot on this one is just as idiotic. Taking a vow of silence until he gets justice? After seeing police crests with gold thread for likely decades, the detective mumbles that the only clue is some gold threads at the crime scene, but they have no idea what it means. Even the driver's window rolled down (while it's raining), the police miss that as a clue?! *It's been a bloody clue since Magnum Force/Clint Eastwood 1973!* I gave this one a 3 only out of pity, and respect for his reoccurring role of Puss in Boots lol!