“Beekeeper”
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There have been many copies of “John Wick,” but David Ayer's “The Beekeeper” is one of the few that gets it right. In it, a rich man flips on a former assassin when his online fraud venture saves the life of a retired teacher (Phylicia Rashad), causing her to die by suicide. Rich man Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson) informs his security chief, Wallace Westweald (Jeremy Irons), that assassin Adam Clay (Jason Statham) wants revenge. Let me tell you, Westworld is terrifying. Clay's beekeeping isn't just a retirement gig. It's also the code name for a contract killer in government books.
As you might expect, Ayer's film is a showcase for Statham. No modern action star can deliver his brand of ruthless destruction and savage sagacity. To reach Danforth, Clay blows up an office building, burns another assassin, and destroys a team of contract killers. It's all a day's work for Statham, who gave us the dull intensity we wanted.
“Brave Citizen”
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Another movie centered around a sadistic rich kid is Korean director Park Jin-pyo's Brave Citizen. In Park's film, Si-Min (Shin Hee-Sun) is a teacher turned former champion boxer who arrives at a high school whose students are ruthless Han Su-Kang (Lee Jun-Young). ) under the reign of. Han's father is the school's major donor and his mother is a lawyer, so he is allowed to act like evil incarnate. He decided which teachers were hired and fired, and even died by suicide. The former boxer decides to wear a cat mask and begins targeting Han.
You wouldn't expect a high schooler to look forward to roundhouse kicks and swift punches to the jaw, but Han's depravity makes Thor's attack the purest Shadenfrode. By the time you arrive at the school-sponsored death match in the boxing ring, you're praying this teen gets his custom.
“In the land of saints and sinners”
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In director Robert Lorenz's “Land of Saints and Sinners,” Liam Neeson plays Finbarr Murphy, a former contract killer in Northern Ireland who is tired of death. Similar to Clint Eastwood in “Unforgiven”, Finbarr retires to a quiet town where he has a penchant for gardening and wants to forget his deadly past. However, when a fugitive Irish Republican Army bomber hiding in the town begins abusing young girls, Finbarr kills him. This causes the fighter's vindictive comrade Doireann (Kerry Condon) to seek revenge.
Although set in a coastal town, Lorenz's film has all the hallmarks of a classic Western: a stable Roman (Ciarán Hinds), a helpful neighbor (Niamh Cusack), an outlaw friend ( Colm Meaney), Quick Trigger Gunringer (Ja Jack Gunlinger (Jack Gleason). Combine that with a brooding, harmonica-infused score, a vicious bomb threat, and Neeson's despicable desire to simply live in peace, and you've got the story of a conscientious killer. It has a moody retouring ring.
“Crazy cat”
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Lazy Hawk (Sho Mineo) hasn't left his trailer since his archaeologist brother Moon (So Yamanaka) disappeared. But when an orange cassette arrives in the mail, the hawk springs into action. A recording tells him that a cat cult is holding his brother hostage and he needs to recover ancient Egypt's forbidden catnip to save him. During Taka's slow bicycle journey, he recruits an unnatural man named Teikzo (Yui Matsumura) and Deadly Iron (played by stuntwoman Ayane) to help him.
Writer and director Reiki Tsuno's “Mad Cats” is a silly B-movie lark, featuring two absolutely useless heroes. Despite Ayane's best efforts to train Taka and Takeso, neither person can shoot or fire a gun. It's up to Ayane to defend this hapless pair against acrobatic gunfights and catlike assassins from the nimble Tassuz.
“Roundup: Punishment”
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The fourth film in the Korean detective series starring Madong-seok, known as Dong-lee, is just as bruised and off-the-cuff as its predecessor. In “The Roundup: Punsion,” directed by Heo Miong Haeng-cheon, Lieutenant Ma Seok-Do of Lee makes a deathbed promise to his mother whose son was killed by Baek Chang-gi (Kim Mu-Yeol). We would like to deliver the following. He is hired by Jang Dong-Cheol (Lee Dong-Hwi), an online gambling leader.
Although MA's latest investigations have a technological edge, using young experts to gather clues, he does not abandon his old-fashioned methods. When MA needs to fund his probe, he rocks the gang with cash. A bit reminiscent of “Lethal Weapon 4,” he uses a fake badge to represent petty criminals. Best of all, he delivers a big punch. The brawl with Bek on the plane features a knee slam that lands hard and feels like a brick to the jaw.