To be honest, I watched the Trailer, which was very violent, but I thought, it could be something different anyhow. Like 'Old Boy' (the original).
And it was. For about 40 minutes, until the senseless, idiotic fighting began. Those 40 minutes are very colorful, vibrant, atmospheric, funny. I loved it. Dev Patel is wonderful. He is a good Director. He sees cinematic. He probably put his heart and.his fortune, and some of his health into it. Even the writing up to this point was good. All ingredients that point to a fantastic movie.
But he couldn't, of all things, find a smarter plot for this revenge movie ? Obviously, no, he couldn't. With one shot everything goes down, and while camera and production stay on their level, the rest is just a long and painful walk of a story that is told similarly for decades. A Zombie that is dug out whenever the writers run out of ideas.
I guess, that too much western action movie consumption led to the decision to spoil his own remarkable child. Nobody said 'Dev, please don't do that, please be smart'. Or, probably someone said it, but wasn't heard.
Because, this is no 'Old Boy' (but could have been), and no 'Kill Bill' (and shouldn't have been), and no 'Rocky 17' or 'Karate Kid 35' (imagine what you want to be said in brackets).
So I would give 9 Stars for the first chapter of 40 minutes, and minus 5 stars for the rest, leading to the final 4 stars.
A great disappointment.
And it was. For about 40 minutes, until the senseless, idiotic fighting began. Those 40 minutes are very colorful, vibrant, atmospheric, funny. I loved it. Dev Patel is wonderful. He is a good Director. He sees cinematic. He probably put his heart and.his fortune, and some of his health into it. Even the writing up to this point was good. All ingredients that point to a fantastic movie.
But he couldn't, of all things, find a smarter plot for this revenge movie ? Obviously, no, he couldn't. With one shot everything goes down, and while camera and production stay on their level, the rest is just a long and painful walk of a story that is told similarly for decades. A Zombie that is dug out whenever the writers run out of ideas.
I guess, that too much western action movie consumption led to the decision to spoil his own remarkable child. Nobody said 'Dev, please don't do that, please be smart'. Or, probably someone said it, but wasn't heard.
Because, this is no 'Old Boy' (but could have been), and no 'Kill Bill' (and shouldn't have been), and no 'Rocky 17' or 'Karate Kid 35' (imagine what you want to be said in brackets).
So I would give 9 Stars for the first chapter of 40 minutes, and minus 5 stars for the rest, leading to the final 4 stars.
A great disappointment.