Mike Hodges new film boasts an excellent cast. Unfortunately the actors, like the whole film, look better in theory than in practice. To say that this film doesn't deliver would be kind. In fact, it rarely threatens to even engage the viewer. The dialogue is perfunctory and poorly delivered, characters seem to pop into the movie in order to develop the background to the leads, and then disappear after one, disappointing line. The character development is clumsy at best, for example in the scene where we find out that Will is a merciful man, because he has helped someone who has been beaten up for no discernible reason. Hodges has tried to make another Get Carter, and failed in every regard. If you want revenge, watch Kill Bill 2 again.
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