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Acts of Vengeance
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
Release : | 2017 |
Rating : | 5.7 |
Studio : | Nu Boyana Film Studios, |
Crew : | Art Department Coordinator, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Antonio Banderas Karl Urban Paz Vega Robert Forster Cristina Serafini |
Genre : | Drama Action Thriller |
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Well Deserved Praise
How sad is this?
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Not sure why I see a lot of negativity concerning this movie. I found it very interesting and I liked the action. Yeah, I could have done without the "silent" aspect of it, and a few oddities (Urban's character talking & helping the man he hates) but overall the action was good and a decent story. To give you an idea, I was already checking if there was going to be a "Acts Of Vengeance 2". To me Banderas should do another, they story can already be laid out with the ending of this movie, and make the movie that much better. Hey there is a John Wick 2 (and 3) and an Equalizer 2, why not a AOV2 :-)
I think with a few tweaks, this could've been a decent movie. There was way too much cheese and too many unrealistic scenes. The plot was overdone and predictable, but could've been saved with better writing.
Thanks to Liam Neeson, stars from 20 plus years ago are having a little resurgence amongst the direct to Blu Ray action films.Here, Banderas has 'Taken' the geriaction route, and has followed suit.Security wasn't a bad little 'Die Hard in a...' homage, and now the Death Wish routine is recycled once more.But the maguffin here is that special guest star Robert Forster basically tells Banderas that he doesn't want to hear him talk again, so he takes a vow of silence, but before all that, he gets drunk a lot, gets beaten up even more, takes some advice from Urban, and learns karate.The main plot device is rehashed from Jingle All The Way of all places, Banderas is a hardworking lawyer, whom is late for his daughters talent show, but instead of going on a hilarious journey trying to get a toy, his family are merdered.Then the film is split into chapters, the Russian mafia are involved, as is Paz Vega, and we are treated to some decent action scenes, that are reminiscent of Florentines other action vehicles.Obviously in films like this, there has to be an ulterior motive by another cast member, and although it's nothing special, or unsurprising, it makes for a decent finale.Banderas is fine in his role, but it's nothing more than your run of the mill revenge thriller that has been done to death, and will continue to because they are by the numbers stuff that satisfy that eighties action nostalgia we all yearn for.
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!