I was really excited about this one because it starrs thee legend Sylvester Stallione and Ashtray, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, from “Euphoria”.
This movie is a Drama/Action/Fantasy and it was rated PG-13 and it starrs Sylvester Stallone, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Pilou Asbæk (“Uncharted”), Dascha Polanco (“In The Heights”), Moises Arias (2020’s “The King of Staten Island”).
This movie was directed by Julius Avery and written by Bragi F. Schut (2021’s “Escape Room”).
Onto the premise: A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago may in fact still be around.
Many of the movies I have enjoyed over the recent years are ones where a good guy is able to put the bad guys in their place. Such was “Taken” with Neeson, the series “Reacher” with Richeson. Here we have Stallone playing a guy who tries to be invisible, but is forced to spring into action when he sees wrong.
The back story involves a pair of brothers, twins, one becomes Samaritan, who fights for good, the other becomes his rival, Nemesis. Many years ago in a giant fire it was believed that both of them perished. In Granite City (not the one in Illinois) a young boy keeps his hopes up that somehow Samaritan survived and lives among them.
This is a better role for Stallone than most of his post-Rocky roles. It is a good mix of fantasy and reality. We know that some of the “super” traits he demonstrates is fictional but fit well in the overall story line. The story is good, the action is appropriate, there is a twist of sorts near the end that requires we re-think everything we saw. But there also is lots of violence and language that pushes the boundaries of the is PG-13 rating. I would not want my under-17 children to watch it.
My wife and I watched it on Amazon streaming. We found it to be worthwhile entertainment.
Overall I really liked this movie and especially Ashtray’s role in it, aka Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton from “Euphoria”. The acting was good. The cinematography was superb, the Action was SO good! Therefore this movie was “Worth a Watch”.
For more information visit here-> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5500218/
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Did you know?
The film is inspired by Unbreakable (2000) and Finding Forrester (2000).
Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, and Michael Aaron Milligan have made appearances in the MCU. Stallone was in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Starr was in The Incredible Hulk (2008) and the MCU Spider-Man films, and Milligan was Paul Rudd’s stand-in for Ant-Man (2015).
This is Pilou Asbæk’s first Julius Avery film since Overlord (2018).
Sylvester Stallone and Martin Starr would later work on Tulsa King (2022) together.
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