If you ignore that it is a remake, then it is an overblown, generic, piss-poor CGI laden, irredeemable, straight-to-streaming pile of crap.
Add in that it is meant to be a remake of a cheap-but-lovable 80s classic and it takes on a sinister twist.
Suddenly the lead character is a psychopath who kills for any old reason, not to mention waits until the bar he is hired to protect is smashed to smithereens before intervening, and is plagued with a sketchy set of morals.
And the equally homicidal nemesis this time isn't genuinely fearful, he's a cartoon steroid rooster with a terrible set of veneers. Oh and he can't act his way out of a paper bag. And he's playing himself - which is, in case you haven't worked it out, a total prick with an arrogance problem.
It's an insult to the viewers from start to finish. From the first "oh look I just got stabbed and the blade is sticking out of me, isn't that something" to the final killing spree with 180-degree changes of behaviour from all involved... It's just a pointless tedious exercise.
None of the charm of the original exists. None of the peril. None of the character.
Hollywood and Amazon should be rightfully ashamed.
not to mention that he trains the guy Billy (Lukas Gage) sending him against a knife armed man...but hey the life is brutal... This film kind of lost me exactly with that initial stab
Review by PorterUkVIP 5BlockedParent2024-03-21T21:55:52Z
Christ almighty, what a catastrophic mess.
If you ignore that it is a remake, then it is an overblown, generic, piss-poor CGI laden, irredeemable, straight-to-streaming pile of crap.
Add in that it is meant to be a remake of a cheap-but-lovable 80s classic and it takes on a sinister twist.
Suddenly the lead character is a psychopath who kills for any old reason, not to mention waits until the bar he is hired to protect is smashed to smithereens before intervening, and is plagued with a sketchy set of morals.
And the equally homicidal nemesis this time isn't genuinely fearful, he's a cartoon steroid rooster with a terrible set of veneers. Oh and he can't act his way out of a paper bag. And he's playing himself - which is, in case you haven't worked it out, a total prick with an arrogance problem.
It's an insult to the viewers from start to finish. From the first "oh look I just got stabbed and the blade is sticking out of me, isn't that something" to the final killing spree with 180-degree changes of behaviour from all involved... It's just a pointless tedious exercise.
None of the charm of the original exists. None of the peril. None of the character.
Hollywood and Amazon should be rightfully ashamed.