INTRODUCTION
Big names, big budget but does this equate to a good show? For the uninformed here is the poster for the show
If you have seen any movie recently before the release of this movie, you will be expecting action action and lots of action. But if you look closely at the words below the title u see something here "Based on a true story". Wow so this show is true and it has lots of guns and action and sunglasses right? Not only that, it is also a 2 hour long show :D which = to more entertainment time per dollar spent!
Well my first advice for you is that, if you are expecting an action packed show like what the trailers would lead you to believe.... you are going to have to wipe off all that expectation to at least get a kick out of the show. Is it that bad? Well maybe its too easily misunderstood. Look at the caption at the top... May The Best Man Live, put that into a show called Killer Elite and with 3 big names you would expect some kinda face off between these 3 people in all their killing instinctual glory.
Ok now onto the review proper
Storyline
So this movie is supposed to be based on a true story, which means in some way it might have occurred in some form or another. This adds a level of engagement to the audience but only if they were aware it was based on a true story in the first place. But because of this, I would say that the show is not as creative in the action department and you actually won't really see anything particularly unique or special that will blow your mind away. Also being based off a true story you will realize the plot is really pretty simple, but because it is a realistic plot, it really is not anything very special or fun which acts in a detrimental manner to the funness of the show.
I would have rather seen a show with a killer trying his best to break his old man out of jail with all his killer instinct and skill then to see him carry out a series of activities set aside by some old dying guy whom is not really so impressive in the first place and doesn't really have a particularly strong leverage against a trained killer.
Like i said previously also, do not expect to be seeing 3 killers facing off in the show as from the beginning of the show you will actually realise that in the end this movie is more or less a 1 v 1 with the old experienced killer actually playing a relatively minor role.
Character
There are a few other characters besides the three starring characters. Two of which actually can be considered to be playing a relatively important role but they seem to need no backstory and are just thrown into the show as some sort of filler and later killed off in a pretty quick fashion. There are other random characters that merely just appear out of the blue and the main character's girlfriend doesn't really serve too much of a purpose for a action movie.
By this I mean that you could easily just dump the girlfriend/wife and tweak the show slightly to make it more of an action show and less of the time being used to express poorly some alternative reason for the killer to act the way he does.
Cinematography
Sadly for an action show, this show doesn't do anything particularly over the top. Angles and perspectives are standard. There are attempts at better shots but these are too few and not striking out enough for me personally as what is expected of a action flick.
To be honest, the only thing that was saving the show was actually the acting of De Niro but sadly he was not a major character in the show and could have been used in a more prominent manner
Music
Music is normal, didn't hear anything particularly good or bad. Sound effects however, seem to be pretty weak for an action show.
Spectacle
For an action show, this doesn't really strike me out to be particularly far above average. There are moments but every action show attempts these moments and since this show doesn't do it well enough, its hard to score them high. Further more the plot itself though realistic, is actually too standard and kind of ordinary to generate fun and excitement using the storyline itself.
Overall
Storyline : 3 (Possible storyline but presented not too well for an action flick)
Character : 3 (Very passable characters with the standard characteristics, very unimpressionable)
Cinematography : 3 (Ordinary, should have been done better for an action flick)
Music : 3 (The average score, least it wasn't bad)
Spectacle : 3 (Doesn't bring itself out as a unique action experience, neither do they push the storyline strongly enough if that was what they were going for)
Overall : 3 (This show belongs to the typical group of action shows whereby you ask yourself, hey i have nothing better to do today, I just wanna see some action and you go there and get taken for a ride but after which you realized that you would have never seen this show if there was something better for you to do. Even true blue action fans will most likely not enjoy the show because the action part is not strong either.)
This probably is one of the most ordinary action shows that I have seen, weekday priced ticket is still fine but anything more is really a bit too steep.
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