Needed to watch a JCVD film for Woovember.
I'm not a massive fan, tbh, but got hold of the steelbook Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, that stars Scott Adkins and is shot in 3D, so I was totally sold!
I was expecting some competent DTV action, but was blindsided by a totally different film.
It's proper murky with a harsh death right from the start, but it's proper gory to the point of body horror.
The basic premise of the story is that he's trying to get revenge and kill those who wronged him, but it has a really different angle from what you'd expect - it's like a psychological thriller, with elements of horror.
Throughout the film it feels like a nightmarish fog as things start to make sense.
Felt like an urban version of the end to Apocalypse Now as he searches for JCVD's Kurtz-like character, but with Memento amnesia making it hard to tell who to trust.
There are discussions of control, free-will and individuality and feels like a trippy sci-fi film like Upstream Color or one where they question their sanity.
Genuinely caught me by surprise by being not what I thought it was, although there are some excellent fight sequences too, like one in a sports shop and a "one shot" type sequence towards the end.
I'm not a massive fan, tbh, but got hold of the steelbook Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, that stars Scott Adkins and is shot in 3D, so I was totally sold!
I was expecting some competent DTV action, but was blindsided by a totally different film.
It's proper murky with a harsh death right from the start, but it's proper gory to the point of body horror.
The basic premise of the story is that he's trying to get revenge and kill those who wronged him, but it has a really different angle from what you'd expect - it's like a psychological thriller, with elements of horror.
Throughout the film it feels like a nightmarish fog as things start to make sense.
Felt like an urban version of the end to Apocalypse Now as he searches for JCVD's Kurtz-like character, but with Memento amnesia making it hard to tell who to trust.
There are discussions of control, free-will and individuality and feels like a trippy sci-fi film like Upstream Color or one where they question their sanity.
Genuinely caught me by surprise by being not what I thought it was, although there are some excellent fight sequences too, like one in a sports shop and a "one shot" type sequence towards the end.
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