Writer
of the upcoming, much hyped, Almost Human TV series, J.H. Wyman, teams up with
the director of 2009's version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Niels Arden Oplev,
to accomplish the near impossible by creating a true action film with an
authentically Indie feel. Leading man Colin Farrell delivers a subtle
yet remarkably convincing performance as the revenge driven vigilante who is
torn between completing his wrath fueled task and his growing attachment to
Noomi Rapace's (Prometheus) honest and disturbingly portrayal of an emotionally
and physically scarred lost soul. The remaining players including;
Terrance Howard, Rhodey of Iron Man fame, and Dominic Cooper, Tony Stark's Pop
in Captain America: The First Avenger, create believable and engaging
characters that bring that script to true life. However, the most notable
achievement is the way Wyman and Oplev take a done to death idea and breathe originality
into it without going over the top. It is one of the few films of its nature
that actually kept me in suspense, uncertain of the fortunes of the cast or the
direction of its conclusion, including a few, well constructed and placed twists.
The only con was the excessive use of the F-BOMB which was unnecessary
for such an effectively written piece.
3 out of 5 Kernels; action fare that contains solid acting and a strong story
I had to check out my window while writing this to see if there were any airborne
swine hovering in the atmosphere.
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