Scott Adkins has probably just showcased his best role since the inception of Boyka, for me anyway. I wasn't going to put this one off too long, and with it being only around eighty + minutes in runtime I thought it would be a great albeit blood soaked flick for a Saturday night. I was right. For me this was a great eighty + minutes spent, with Adkins giving his most enjoyable overall role since Undisputed III (yet to see Boyka: Undisputed in its entirety). The film wasn't overdone and it didn't rely on extreme choreography to make it exhilarating or memorable, but rather a gripping, sad, and violent backstory and a solid lead. The cast, make no exception because of its small spread, makes it all the more good with their smug comments and disrespect, and it's quite funny how unbeknownst they are to it until Adkins gives a very vivid description on past events. The film divulges into his past, why he's doing what he's doing, who's behind this and that, and to add to it further brings in a lot of sadness/melancholy (his mother passing because of cancer, everything he's gone through to get to here). Maybe not the most enthralling action crime film to have existed, but this was a fully enjoyable, well-executed, well-paced film with enough gore, guts, and giggles to keep you watching.
You can add Cain Burgess to the list of Toughest SOBs in films. Adkins was an absolute monster in this film in regards to some scenes. Some scenes especially display a level of violence that can make you cringe (the stairs and teeth scene, the napalm scene, etc). Adkins' character in Avengement is vicious, angry, and unhinged, but as he said himself, the "clearest he'd been thinking in years.." I would rate Avengement 8/10, and this is based on backstory/plot, the protagonist (and performance), the antagonist (and again, their performance), directing, sound/score (the somewhat melancholic lead throughout is great), and the action/choreography (like I said, not reliant on this but it's definitely heavily involved, given the fact it's a gut-wrenching action first and foremost, but it doesn't overshadow the entire narrative). No, it's not huge budget (which to be honest I don't care for anyway), it's not a masterpiece by any means, and it isn't even my fav film he's been apart of/has the lead in - but I really enjoyed it from start to finish, and there are barely any complaints. I think it's a good one. Yeah, definitely a good one.
You can add Cain Burgess to the list of Toughest SOBs in films. Adkins was an absolute monster in this film in regards to some scenes. Some scenes especially display a level of violence that can make you cringe (the stairs and teeth scene, the napalm scene, etc). Adkins' character in Avengement is vicious, angry, and unhinged, but as he said himself, the "clearest he'd been thinking in years.." I would rate Avengement 8/10, and this is based on backstory/plot, the protagonist (and performance), the antagonist (and again, their performance), directing, sound/score (the somewhat melancholic lead throughout is great), and the action/choreography (like I said, not reliant on this but it's definitely heavily involved, given the fact it's a gut-wrenching action first and foremost, but it doesn't overshadow the entire narrative). No, it's not huge budget (which to be honest I don't care for anyway), it's not a masterpiece by any means, and it isn't even my fav film he's been apart of/has the lead in - but I really enjoyed it from start to finish, and there are barely any complaints. I think it's a good one. Yeah, definitely a good one.