Havoc

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    From the director of the "Raid " movies? Yes please. Way back in 2011, little did I know I was going to get one of my favorite action movies. One man going through an entire building beating up bad guys. Why you ask? Does it mater!   Since that time we have gotten 2014's Raid 2 and 2018's the apostle. Both movies I really liked, no reason I would not like this film.
 The film picks up after a drug deal gone wrong.  Detective Walker ( Tom Hardy), must fight his way through the underworld to rescue a politician's son back.
  To get a person interested in your action film you have to focus on two things: how it’s presented and is the story interesting. This film starts with a lot of excess baggage that does not give the film a needed boost to get going. Sometimes in an action movie we can forgive a bad story, if we have a lot of fun getting to where we are going. Over half the movie is fluff with unmemorable dialogue and characters. 
   The hope is that the action will carry it through the weak points. There are two action scenes throughout the film. There are some impressive moves through them. What hurts, is how they were shot. Action is hard to follow, taking you out of the moment. 
  Guns are big through this film. The filmmakers decided not to use real guns, which can be understandable. The problem is the muzzle flashes and the actors reactions to the guns “shooting”. Just watch it you’ll see.
 

In end this is a movie with a lot of bad, but some good.
GARDE;D 

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