ABC Film Challenge – Catch Up 2022 – V – Vendetta – Movie Review
Director: Jared Cohn (Wishing for a Dream)
Writer: Jared Cohn (Screenplay)
Cast
- Bruce Willis (Die Hard)
- Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea)
- Mike Tyson (The Hangover 2)
- Clive Standen (Everest)
- Theo Rossi (Army of the Dead)
Plot: When his daughter is brutally murdered and legal justice looks unlikely, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands. Setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug who was directly responsible for her death. He finds himself in the middle of a war with the thug’s brother, Rory Fetter, and his gang. Who are equally hell-bent on getting even for their fallen member. What ensues is a tense back-and-forth game of one man’s thirst for vengeance over another’s. William comes to find that the quest for revenge always has the same ending
Runtime: 1 Hour 36 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Vendetta starts when the Fetter gang force the youngest member Danny (Basden) into an incitation murder. The victim is teenager Kat Duncan (Nichols), randomly selected, shot in cold blood. With no evidence, he is set to walk free.
Enraged by this decision Kat’s father William (Standen) decides to take the law into his own hands, killing Danny. Consequently, causing a war against the family, with Danny’s brother Rory (Rossi) leading the charge against him. This forces William into returning to his military ways.
Verdict on Vendetta
Vendetta is a revenge-filled action thriller. Centre around one man that goes on a one-man rampage to get vengeance for his daughter’s murder. It does create a war between the two sides, as William shows his military background, while Rory shows his sadistic nature.
In a similar vein to many revenge movies, we see how everything spirals out of control quickly. Showing how the lone fighter will overcome the numbers in their battle against the bigger family. The story won’t hold back in how everything unfolds. highlighting the brutality of the gang and the war created.
This movie is another case of slapping the big names on the poster, with Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane and Mike Tyson getting the headline billing. Only for the film to be led by Clive Standen, who is great as the ruthless grieving father. The sadistic Theo Rossi, brings us the crazed eldest member of the family, doing everything to show his character as the loose cannon. When it comes to the action, we tend to go through a string of shootouts that have plenty of missed bullets, which don’t offer any intensity.
Final Thoughts – Vendetta is a brutal action movie, that doesn’t hold back.
