Message Man

An entertaining action film, starting after the first 30 min. Before that there's not much going on, just some nice island shots and rather uninteresting scenes that are supposed to serve as some sort of introduction for the "heros" later motives, I suppose.

But then the real "story" (very basic) kicks in and along with it the action. Quite a couple of brutal knife killings and shootouts from there.

Some compare it to brilliant The Raid films as I read, but that's nonsense. While the knife action might be similar in brutality, the fight scenes are not not as many and they surely are not as well choreographed, definitely no Iko Uwais skills here. The takeouts are executed quickly and with lots of blood, tho.

Pretty entertaining, if you like a high bodycount.

I get it when people compare this to John Wick ... remember though this has not nearly that budget Wick had. So this is low budget action and it shows at certain points (or even throughout). One of the main things is the CGI blood. I don't mind it, but it is quite obvious and some may take offense to it.

So a nice action movie with some interesting stunts. Some feel a bit cheated (when there is many cuts, but that is someting that bigger budget movies do too, so don't be offended by it), but there are also some elaborate longer shots that have been choreographed quite well. Story wise there is not a lot ... and the message man is not quite alone (which would be another major difference between him and Wick - or how Wick began at least) ... Watch it if you like B-Action movies

Very law budget but cinematography has tried to cover up and make it not feel like that low budget,

This is watchable because of. Paul O'Brien who has very strong screen presence and demand your attention , he did a good job for a role of a guy who speak less and can be very lethal.

Corey Pearson direction is good and so are action scenes which are driven by strong emotions so as a viewer you feel impact.

Do not compare this with other VoD garbage, it seems they really wanted to make good movie with limited budget they had.

Give it a shot on Saturday noon or lazy rainy day.

I didn't expect anything special from this movie and definitely liked it. It is a well-done, real old-school action movie with a lone wolf, some emotions and great actions, fights, without any awkward scenes or painfully bad acting that could ruin such films. Just sit back with some nachos and enjoy:)

Indonesia action movie 👍, Good set in pulau seribu