Let's say this. If you enjoy nonsense action flicks, this is for you.
If you care about anything more than that. You will be disappointed. There is a lot that does not work in this movie, but one thing stood out the most: the characters' choices. Everyone is just dumb.
Exhibit A)
Rana, big-mean-villain-police-officer-scary-dude, once confronted by Kid in the bathroom (mind you, Kid pointed a gun straight to Rana's head and wanted to kill him) decides to fist fight for a good 5 minutes before deploying a knife he has been carrying this whole time. AND after stabbing the protagonist in the leg, Rana decides that pulling the knife out is too much of a hassle so decides to go for a choke, only for Kid to conveniently use the knife himself and run away.
Exhibit B)
When Kid begins working at this restaurant/hotel in order to avenge his mother and his people, he meets Alphonso, a lovely character. Alphonso, presumably, has been working in the area for years and knows everyone in the building. So when Kid, someone he has met days before (let's say a few weeks) goes on a killing spree and endangers everyone, what does Alphonso do? Jumps in the car with him, obviously. WHY? Nobody had anything against him, why would he make himself a number one suspect and wanted criminal for no reason? And even if the police could suspect him because he is the one that pushed Kid to be promoted, it is still a better scenario that getting in a car the police is actively shooting at and become a fugitive (whose arc was not even completed. For what we know he is still homeless somewhere).
Exhibit C)
Baba, this spiritual guru/ politician, at the very end of the film, when Kid is pretty much immortal because he punched a bag of rice for a few days, instead of leaving the hotel and finding safety somewhere else by using literally ANY mean, decides to dip his toes in some water, waiting for Kid to arrive (was he assuming everyone else would just die? Why was he waiting in the first place?) and calls Kid "THE ONE." referring to this prophecy we were introduced to at the beginning of the film that relates in almost no way to our main character, although the movie tries hard to draw parallels between the two. So the two get close and chit chat for a bit. Then, Mr. Guru stabs the protagonist. BUT Kid uses the same pointy things to stab Mr. Guru back. At that point, Mr. Guru begs for mercy and to be saved. So...since he clearly didn't want to die, why didn't he leave?
These are just some of the moments that made me want to leave the theater before the credits rolled. There is unfortunately much more that simply makes zero sense. For example:
1. When Kid gets shot by the police at night and falls into a river, how is he saved? Easy, we cut away and never explain it.
2. When Kid comes back for his revenge at the end of the film without ANY sort of plan of action but punching people in the face, he is able to get anywhere at all because apparently in this whole hotel with dozens of security guards, police officers, ...NOBODY has a gun beside one lady that shows up when about 2 million people have already been punched to death. If even half the guards had a little revolver he would have died as soon as he got in.
3. The very intense and epic fight with Mr. Police Officer Rana was just hilarious at that point. First of all, after butchering half the world, Kid enters one random room where Rana was casually waiting for him for they epic battle. Why didn't Rana try to kill Kid when he was busy fighting hundreds of people? Why doesn't he have a gun? Why is there some sort of moral code during this fight when they ask each other to get up? Is kicking a grounded opponent illegal? Geneva convention or something? What if Kid entered a different room?
Okay, I'm going to stop here. Overall, one of the worst films I have seen in a while. I kept checking the time hoping for the film to end.
Oh wait, there is one smart character. THE DOG. Cannot be easy to train a stray dog to bring you a gun exactly when you need it when the scene before he was barely listening to "sit." Big Brain Dog.
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