I enjoyed this film. I don't know what those who didn't expect since it was a vendetta film and most of them don't have as well an ending. Also in a vendetta movie not much hasn't been done so I don't get the bad reviews.
The first part is reminiscence of Charles Bronson film Death Wish. The bad guys being so over the top it makes you want them dead. You know the the type. They're in every action film and like roaches they keep coming no matter how hard you hit them they get back up and no matter how many you kill they keep coming. These thugs killing the woman he loves and no one but her family seems to care about gives him a beyond reasoning mentality to get her the justice the bad cops can't give him.
He teams up with his old OPs partner that don't give him a choice and they start cleaning the streets, bad cops, and higher ups in the process of getting the ones that actually did the crime against his wife. You find out there was more too it, so it explains why it was over the top for a simple robbery.
I for one enjoyed the byplay between John and Christopher's characters. Reminiscent of Tango and Cash except you know they have a brotherhood-of-arms camaraderie for each other.
The thing that makes it different is the ending. So many times in vengeance films the good guys temporarily gone bad have to die for not doing things the legal ways. It's like Hollywood way of not encouraging vengeance as if we aren't smart enough to know it's a movie. This movie knows we get it, so I was pleased with the ending.
As far as John Travolta's wigs I don't know why he feel the need at this point in his career. I think he was sexy as all get out in "From Paris With Love" with the bald head and goatee but, that's my thing. If you have a head full of hair that's great. If not embrace the bald or close cut look with pride because that's sexier than toupee or wigs. Balding hasn't stopped Christopher from being sexy. E...v...e...r.
The first part is reminiscence of Charles Bronson film Death Wish. The bad guys being so over the top it makes you want them dead. You know the the type. They're in every action film and like roaches they keep coming no matter how hard you hit them they get back up and no matter how many you kill they keep coming. These thugs killing the woman he loves and no one but her family seems to care about gives him a beyond reasoning mentality to get her the justice the bad cops can't give him.
He teams up with his old OPs partner that don't give him a choice and they start cleaning the streets, bad cops, and higher ups in the process of getting the ones that actually did the crime against his wife. You find out there was more too it, so it explains why it was over the top for a simple robbery.
I for one enjoyed the byplay between John and Christopher's characters. Reminiscent of Tango and Cash except you know they have a brotherhood-of-arms camaraderie for each other.
The thing that makes it different is the ending. So many times in vengeance films the good guys temporarily gone bad have to die for not doing things the legal ways. It's like Hollywood way of not encouraging vengeance as if we aren't smart enough to know it's a movie. This movie knows we get it, so I was pleased with the ending.
As far as John Travolta's wigs I don't know why he feel the need at this point in his career. I think he was sexy as all get out in "From Paris With Love" with the bald head and goatee but, that's my thing. If you have a head full of hair that's great. If not embrace the bald or close cut look with pride because that's sexier than toupee or wigs. Balding hasn't stopped Christopher from being sexy. E...v...e...r.