Triple Threat

Listening to “Scott Adkins on the special features, saying how he wanted to be in a moviewith Tony Jaa” ever since he saw Onk-Bak” and now that he did. he can feel the power in his punch.with a laugh no doubt. you have here more than a triple threat.but I guess you can’t call it quadruple threat, that would not sound good to promote a movie.cause Michael Jai White” I haven’t seen much of, just the one with him and Adkins.I just love the action, for me the story comes second. movies like these there’s always a complaintabout this didn’t go right or this didn’t gel together or what the hell ever.I just sit back to see the three most prominent guys in martial arts on screen in the past ten years.or less for that matter, however you look at it. but the story however you look at it too. it’s passable for me.Rock-Em-Sock-em Slam-Bang..Runtime 96 Min.Widescreen 2.39:1English 5.1 DTS-HD with some subtitles of English.

Great movie and lots of action but I was disappointed to find some of the cast playing bad guys in this movie. And of course becasue they are the bad guys they got killed off during the moviethus not lasting to the end.

Like the movie quite a bit. Action and fight scenes were quite entertaining. Plot is definitely weaker than any of the Expendables movies. Scott Adkins also is in the cast. Will watch again.

This was a reasonable action movie although there were some sections that stretched credibility. It was a shame to see Michael Jai White being reduced to only a supportive role in this movie.

Seemed to be a little slow at first but it started to pick up when the story began making more sense.

Lots of Action.

I really enjoy Tony Jaa movies and this one really is top notch.excellent action and fight scenes,highly recommend

lots of action

great action

The Expendables (2010) brought our favorite action stars together on one screen. And like The Expendables (2010), this movie was a precious experience but the cast was far better than the content.When a wealthy heiress Xiao Xian (Celina Jade; Wolf Warrior 2, Skin Trade, Arrow, The Man with the Iron Fists) is marked for death, a team of mercenaries band together to combat the assassins out to kill her. The bad guy assassins include Deveraux (Michael Jai White; Skin Trade, Blood and Bone, Undisputed 2, Accident Man), Mook (JeeJa Yanin; The Protector 2, The Kick, Raging Phoenix, Chocolate), Collins (Scott Adkins; Boyka: Undisputed IV, Doctor Strange, Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, The Expendables 2, Universal Solder: Day of Reckoning, El Gringo, Assassination Games, Hard Target 2) and Joey (Michael Bisping; Den of Thieves, xXx: Return of Xander Cage).Our good guys who unite to combat the team of double-crossing mercenary assassins are Payu (Tony Jaa; Paradox: Sha Po Lang 3, Ong-Bak, The Protector, Skin Trade, Kill Zone 2, Furious 7), Long Fei (Tiger Hu Chen; Man of Tai Chi, John Wick: Chapter 3) and Jaka (Iko Uwais; The Night Comes for Us, The Raid: Redemption, Merantau, Beyond Skyline).At this point I feel the need to pause. If the cast alone hasn’t excited you about this movie, then you definitely shouldn’t watch it. Not simply because it’s an all-star martial arts cast. But because the cast felt under-utilized.The writing is… not good. Hahaha. Not sure what you expected. But I was not expecting numerous attempts (written in for Michael Jai White) to capture Schwarzeneggerian one-liners and Clint Eastwood-ish veteran-to-rookie comments. And like a Schwarzenegger-era action movie, there is no shortage of exaggerated characters, cigars at times when no one would be smoking cigars, and impressive pyrotechnics. Like a fiery pinata convention—set-destroying gunfights, blood-spewing exit wounds and dusty explosions abound.Director Jesse V. Johnson (The Debt Collector, Accident Man, The Fifth Commandment) is no stranger to gritty crime films, martial arts movies or the regular use of stunt-fighter extraordinaire Scott Adkins. With a sunt-heavy resume himself, Johnson delivers exciting combat.The action in this movie is brutal, but not to such sensationalized degree as The Night Comes for Us (2018)—in which the camera fawned over every grueling moment at the most visceral angles. Still, though, this is brutal. Even if brutality is not the focus of the shot, I will admonish that, at one point, a bad guy explodes on-screen into a gloriously gooey mess. One abruptly quick throat-cut early in the movie had me shocked and scrambling for the remote to hit rewind.Our first real martial arts exchange is between Tony Jaa and Iko Iwais. It was very brief, but with it I found great comfort in the action photography, the (perhaps complete) lack of wirework and unchoppy editing. When we later find our mercenaries in a local Asian fighting arena making some quick cash, we get a better taste of the action-style of this film, which is highly practical and makes no superheroes of its martial artists. At times you may miss the Tasmanian Devil-like whirlwinds of somersaults, corkscrew flairs, 20-foot leaps, aerial cartwheels and jump spin 720 hook kicks. But this movie makes these men appear a more credibly outstanding. So you’ll be very entertained. You just won’t be screaming at the screen like you were when you watched The Night Comes for Us (2018), The Raid: Redemption (2011) , The Raid 2 (2014) or Kill Zone 2 (2015).That said, there are not as many hand-to-hand fights as you were probably expecting, and they are also much shorter than you probably wanted. We do see Iwais fight Jaa, Chen, Yanin, and Jai White; and then Adkins vs Jaa, Chen/Iwais vs Jai White, and Jaa/Iwais vs Adkins. They’re all “very good” fights. But none of them spectacular. You’ll gasp and say “awesome”, but you won’t lose your mind and get up out of your seat like watching a half-court shot as the clock runs out.This wasn’t epic… but it was very good. I recommend it, but I won’t scream for you to buy it as I would for The Night Comes for Us (2018), The Raid: Redemption (2011) or Kill Zone 2 (2015).

I've been a fan of Iko Uwais since "Merantau" and "The Raid" franchise so any martial arts movie with him in it I got to watch it. I like Michael Jai White (Blood and Bone) Jeeja Yanin (Chocolate) as well. I'm a little embarrassed to say this was the first martial arts film I've watched of Tony Jaa (Ong Bak). Now Tiger Chen let me talk about him a quick second. He was amazing to watch in this movie, I wasn't really aware of him before, but I'm a fan now. Of course I can't forget about Scott Adkins (the guy they should have cast to play Batman), but we'll see what Robert Pattinson does with the role. Anyway Scott is more amazing than I thought I enjoyed watching him fight and the other guys in his crew were pretty good too. This was martial arts movie heaven and the people who didn't like the film clearly are not true martial arts movie fans and don't understand how special this is. It's not a Marvel movie so they didn't have $200,000,000.00 (two hundred million dollars) to dump into making this movie so don't go in watching it expecting that.

When a hit contract is taken out on a billionaire s daughter (Celina Jade) a team of wanted mercenaries (Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen) must take on a group of professional assassins (Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping) to stop them. First, oh my God what an amazing group of Martial Arts Masters, what great fights and so well choreographed and the action never stops and the stars are amazing. The story is terrific too. Do i recommend this? ABSOLUTELY i do. you will never find a more energetic movie and such a fine movie as this for all fans of Martial Arts movies.

I am a huge fan of martial arts movies, and try to watch good ones when ever i can. I can only echo what the first reviewer said. What a disappointment! I have been following all Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa, and Michael Jai White for years, and i think without a doubt the best there is out there.The only ones i liked in this movie where Tiger Chen and Scott Adkins, but i had to wait to the end of the movie to see Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White do anything that resembled martial arts.In closing very poor movie story, mediocre acting, too much shooting guns, and not enough martial arts. Please rent, do not buy.

I thought this movie was great and I didn't understand the hate for it. It had a good plot, great action, and Micheal Jai White and Uko were on point & Tony is still the best at his craft. The 3 fight scenes at the end were intense especially Tony's last fight scene. It's a must see for all who love martial Arts films.

It stars Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, AND Iko Uwais! For that reason, I had to have it in my collection of B-grade martial arts action. Unfortunately, the effects, editing, writing, and story felt very rushed / choppy.I did enjoy the film, but it was less than I had hoped for. I likely won't watch it a second time (unlike other films starring those actors which are worthy of repeat-enjoyment.)It wasn't bad... it was just "okay".3/5.