Review of Samaritan

Samaritan (I) (2022)
3/10
Bad.
28 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
You never get to understand what is the motivation of anyone in the movie. The intro is a narration instead of showing action and showing anyone's superpowers. You don't know what the hero's superpowers and limits really are, therefore there are no stakes. Cliche overconfident (without a reason) villain that talks too much but doesn't really have a reason to do any of the bad things he does. They even set up things that never pay of. Characters exist for no good reason.

The action starts at 1:15 and until then almost nothing happens and it's very boring. The "story" is full of conveniences and lucky chances where everything just happens nearby so that the plot can happen.

I dont even know what's the target audience of this movie. The plot is too dumb for adults, and the protagonist is a kid. But there's too much violence for kids of that age to see this movie. The movie tries to be serious and is devoid of comedy. I guess, you can say that it is a bad Terminator 2 movie in that regard.

The only saving grace is a plot twist near the end. Other than that, this movie is a mess.
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