Rendel - il cerchio della vendetta

I did like this better than the first one- which is like saying I prefer tire sludge over fecal matter.

This movie has been a looooong time coming. It's predecessor was released during the height of the superhero film genre in 2017, now during (or after, depending who you ask) the superhero genre's implosion, this finally gets released. Why, was there really that big an audience for this?

What I saw this film for was Bruce Payne- the highlight of ANYTHING he is in. Some men are born to play villains and he is one, easily gobbling up scenery with ease and class. But here he is wasted, doing little much at all and then dying. Anyone could have played his role.

I saw the 2017 film when it first came out and disliked it for it's over-the-top brutality, so the moment I saw a little boy being introduced in the beginning of this film I knew for a fact he was living on borrowed time. What does Jesse Haaja have against kids?

This film was made for American audiences, hence the English language, but nothing else that American audiences like to see- fun, humor, a likeable protagonist who uses brains as well as fists, colorful dialogue, and genuine excitement- all present in another film cashing in on an action genre ("Die Hard" clones) for it's time, "Passenger 57"- which doesn't waste Bruce Payne like this does; watch that movie instead.