Redeemer

People can't just sit back and enjoy a damn movie anymore... its sad. If your looking for some good action, then for sure watch this one! If your a scott adkins fan or a martial arts fan at all, then I'm sure your gonna enjoy this one!

(2014) Redeemer (In Spanish with English subtitles) ACTION

Co-written, edited and directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, starring Marko Zaror, he plays the title character "Redeemer" coming to the aid of a local community fisherman, Agustin (Mauricio Diocares) in Chile. As gangsters are after him, we find out later, when they learned he found a bagful of money while he was fishing. At the same time, Agustin's sister, Antonia want to use the money to pay for his son's expensive heart operation, putting the Redeemer's plans on hold. The Redeemer of course, used to have a shady past as viewers see in brief flashbacks shown throughout the movie, as he used to have a proper name as Nicky Pardo and how he got to be called "Redeemer" in the first place. As it is somehow connected to another deadly, ruthless killer, Alacrán nicknamed as "Scorpion" played by José Luís Mósca.

Because the star Marko Zaror, himself is 6'2 that it can be hard to accept him as an actual fighter on film, but there are nicely staged fight scenes mixed with some gun battles.

Since Boondock Saints this isn't the first attempt to capture that formula. But this Spanish effort does have something in or rather up its sleeves that other knockoffs probably didn't have: decent stunts and action sequences to support the rather predictable story. Though it does surprise in the end I reckon.

Whatever you think about redemption or if you're religious or not, the movie tries to cover a lot of bases. But never loses focus of what makes it great or at least good. The main actor may not have so say much with words, which may play in his favor, letting his actions speak louder than words. Whether you see him as anti-hero or something of a saint is up to you as the viewer. It's not the only challenge the movie gives you ... the humor is questionable for some I guess, but I did like it

It is what it is.

An action flick, with some backstory.

If you enjoy martial arts, kick some ass, don't worry about the names, style of movies, you'll enjoy this.

The religious element is heavy-handed at times, but, no problem, that's the conflict element of the plot.

Worth the 99 minutes, which is more than I can say for many movies in this vein, or other, more self-righteous, holier-than-thou releases. (See what I did there?)

Action fans may remember Marko Zaror from "Undisputed III" . If you loved that movie and other great martial arts action films of the recent past like "The Raid" or "Ninja II", you will definitely enjoy "Redeemer". Marko Zaror further proves how underrated of an action star he really is in this solid B-movie which features wall-to-wall action packed, violent fights from start to finish that will have you saying holy sh*t at least once. The action and fights are inventive and feel fresh, gritty and realistic compared to most PG-13, shaky cam and CGI bloated action films that come out of Hollywood. Fans know that in these types of low budget B movies, story/character typically come secondary. surprisingly enough, the story is engaging and plays out like a classic western. The character is also given a little more depth and back story than you'd typically expect. This is one of the best and at the same time least known action movies you will see all year. Fans of such modern action stars like Scott Adkins, Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa. Welcome Marko Zaror to the club as he proves he can kick some serious ass. Overall, for the real action fans out there, your faith in modern action movies just may be redeemed after watching this !

8/10