Adkins falls short once more

As much as I like him, I have to admit Adkins will probably never star in a good movie.
Even the Undisputed flicks were all style and awkward substance.

Again, he proves he falls short as an actor. Not bad, just not good.
The actions scenes are competent albeit very artificial, as in 80s level of bad guys waiting for their turn to get punched in the face.
See the Terminator-like scene in the bar for an egregious example. The whole character is ludicrous, really. El Corvo. The Crow. Because why not.

The script itself is another throwback to the 80s. Crochet. More holes than matter. There are probably better written pornos out there. The filler between the money shots.

At least, the director of photography is having a blast, and it shows. The movie is probably a low budget endeavour (produced by Adkins and Zaror themselves), but it's simply gorgeous in a quite few scenes, and assuredly adequate the rest of the time.


As for wokeness, well, there's no message in here, political or otherwise. I suspect Adkins himself is quite left of center, but he keeps it under wraps. Male feminist ally, I would say. Disgraceful.

Still, he believes in equal opportunity face bashing: females get their noses kicked in the same way males do, quite similarly to Chinese movies of, well, the 80s. Actually, more so: the movie features several violent, close up female deaths, which must have Hollywood's collective pants in a bunch of knots.
Not advocating anything here, but at least it's realistic. Mindless killer is gonna mindlessly kill. Everyone. Not just white (mostly Hispanic here) males, as per usual American fare.

All-in-all a forgettable but somewhat enjoyable popcorn film. Could have been somewhat good for the paltry price of one decent screenwriter ...