This film looks sick, and is the first film I'm genuinely interested in in a long time. Has anyone else seen this trailer? Or know anything about this movie? What do you think? Interesting? John Wick knock-off?
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This film looks sick, and is the first film I'm genuinely interested in in a long time. Has anyone else seen this trailer? Or know anything about this movie? What do you think? Interesting? John Wick knock-off?
In watching the Trailer again, I feel like the movie ruins it's own idea.
At first you think this guy is just a normal everyday family man, with a bottle of rage building inside of him that get's cut loose and sends him down a spiral that could have been extrememly interesting and entertaining to watch. Think of something like Falling Down starring Michael Douglas.
But then the trailer spoils the fact that he is some ex-government killer or some shit like that and it turns out he is crazy trained that John Wick or the guy from Taken. And i feel like that fucks up the whole idea of the film that the trailer sets up in the first half. It would have been crazy cool to have this regular guy just go nuts and end up pissing off gangsters or something and has to fight himself and his family free of it all. Instead it's just a normal action movie.
I might still check this out on Amazon if it comes to my prime video service though.
At first you think this guy is just a normal everyday family man, with a bottle of rage building inside of him that get's cut loose and sends him down a spiral that could have been extrememly interesting and entertaining to watch. Think of something like Falling Down starring Michael Douglas.
But then the trailer spoils the fact that he is some ex-government killer or some shit like that and it turns out he is crazy trained that John Wick or the guy from Taken. And i feel like that fucks up the whole idea of the film that the trailer sets up in the first half. It would have been crazy cool to have this regular guy just go nuts and end up pissing off gangsters or something and has to fight himself and his family free of it all. Instead it's just a normal action movie.
I might still check this out on Amazon if it comes to my prime video service though.
Looks like the thought process didn't expand beyond 'what if Bob Odenkirk was badass'. Nothing wrong with that I guess, but it looks like the usual fare, except now Bob Odenkirk is doing it. So I guess it depends on how far your appreciation for Bob Odenkirk extends.
It also feels like using an actor ironically - What if Patrick Stewart was wacky and crude? What if Betty White was mean and swore? That type of stuff. And that always comes off a bit cheap to me.
It also feels like using an actor ironically - What if Patrick Stewart was wacky and crude? What if Betty White was mean and swore? That type of stuff. And that always comes off a bit cheap to me.
Could be good I guess. I don't particularly care about the characters or the story if the action is good enough. It looked like a slightly slower John Wick, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. John Wick 3 gave me a headache with the constant sound of gunshots.
Well one reason he’s probably an ex covert ops hardass is that if Michael Douglas’ Defens went about his day today, he’d have been shot by a SWAT team inside of fifteen minutes.
Honestly, it feels an action version of the first two installments of the 'Scary Movie' franchise. I can see clear elements of The Dark Knight, The Equalizer (2014), and John Wick, as well as scenes that give of Straw Dogs, A History of Violence, Taxi Driver and The Usual Suspects. If I squint I can see a little bit of The Big Hit and Mr. and Mrs. Smith mixed in, too.
And the 'kitty cat bracelet' bit is far too close to "Put the bunny in the box." from Con-Air.
And the 'kitty cat bracelet' bit is far too close to "Put the bunny in the box." from Con-Air.
It's difficult to feel any excitement when I've seen this film like a thousand times. The only confusing thing is why I can only hear "Bob Odenkirk" in a Minnesotan/Canadian accent nowadays 
I probably will see this because I like Odenkirk and because it's odd casting. And I like the John Wick films. But not as much as Constantine.
History of Violence looks to be the best comparison but this looks a little tongue in cheek... ala "Falling Down" and "True Lies".
I think it is bait for us old guys. Typically funny watching old guys beating up young guys. I'm old. I know what I used to bench vs how hard it is to get out of a recliner now. Total fantasy stuff. But can be fun to watch.
This was genuinely great
Forgot this too...
Its less a realism issue and more one of verisimilitude of the world. Falling Down is set in 1993, a pre-mobile phone, pre-Columbine and obviously pre-War on Terror time. As soon as he shot that gun off in the Whammyburger, that would have been the end of him. There’d be dozens of pictures of him, calls tracking his movements - the whole magilla.
I just watched the (little watched) film "Polar" starring Mads Mikkelson, it's much of the same.
I just don't quite get why people smart enough to build up hugely successfully intelligence units / crime syndicates / mercentary outfits are so stupid as to not let the most badass of badass assassins retire peacefully. Or, once the assassin has been roused and has already slaughtered their way through a small battalion, back away politely and give them what they want if only they'll just go back home to their wife / dog / etc.
I just don't quite get why people smart enough to build up hugely successfully intelligence units / crime syndicates / mercentary outfits are so stupid as to not let the most badass of badass assassins retire peacefully. Or, once the assassin has been roused and has already slaughtered their way through a small battalion, back away politely and give them what they want if only they'll just go back home to their wife / dog / etc.
I like the beginning of John Wick 2 when the guy finds out they have Wick’s car and his reaction is “Why don’t we just give it back?”