Vengeance (2018) Reviews

• Testosterone, bad directing and writing failed this film

  TheTopDawgCritic2018-08-27

  Sure we've seen these films before. Yes there was every cliche in this film. But I never get bored watching vengeance films - unless they are produced like a 5th grader. Right from the start (and throughout), the annoying Tetris music set the stage for failure. The screenplay just as infantile and bad. The director couldn't even instruct his actors on where to properly look during certain scenes, and where to aim the cameras properly. The heroin addict girl was overly annoying, loud and obnoxious. Stu Bennett overplayed and under-performed this tough guy act. He made Steven Seagal look more convincing in his recent flop action films. The fight scenes where 1980's. The entire film was predictable. Unless you're really really bored, I'd pass on this one. Even the fake reviewers felt guilty giving this a 10/10 so they gave it an 8. It's a very generous 3/10 from me.

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• Not that bad--decent action

  matvox-432432019-01-25

  It's a decent Netflix action movie. Not that bad. The star is ugly, the characters simplistic, the plot as basic as it gets, but there's plenty of good old fashioned violent revenge. Throw in a few cute women and you have the makings of a regular Grade B movie. What's not to like?

• It's bad but not suicidal bad

  priestofpsi2018-12-31

  Yes it is bad. Yes the acting is bad. Yes it's everything stupid and then some, yes you know it is predictable... but it's saving grace is that it wasn't meant to be a serious movie or even in the park of been good. In the sense of been a brain dead stitch the mind off and just vegitate it does it well. I've watched a lot worse with a much better cast but those tried to be serious and hardcore, this is 80's/90's action with all the expected stupidity and dull laughs.

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• Cheap, cliched, and not much fun

  Wizard-82018-12-27

  It isn't very often that you come across a British action movie, which "Vengeance" (a.k.a. "I am Vengeance") is. But if you are unfortunate enough to watch this movie, you'll see why British filmmakers make very few action movie. It's an awesomely cheap affair, seemingly with interiors filmed in abandoned buildings and empty storefront that have been hastily and skimpily set dressed. The camera is also jammed in close to the actors more often than not (another tell-tale sign of a low budget), and the cinematography is dreary and sometimes blurry. The movie is also saddled with a bad script. The script has absolutely NO surprises; you'll have seen every plot turn in hundreds of American action movies before. The script doesn't even really take advantage of the British setting; with almost no rewriting, this story could be taking place in America. The lead character is also written (and performed, for that matter) to be little more than a brutal thug with no heart or sympathy attached to him. As for the action, it's a long time coming; you have to wait until almost the halfway point for the first real action scene. And when the action does come, it's choreographed and directed in a manner that's lame and confusing at worse, and utterly routine at best. In the end, the movie is only recommended for people who have never seen an action movie before... or any other movie before, for that matter.

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• Pretty good B action movie.

  braddy42018-08-24

  This one had a lot of originality and unpredictability to keep a viewer engaged. I find almost all B action movies boring and cartoonish Ninja like, but this one was a level above normal largely because of the interesting lead.