Seized

The good: what every action movie fan craves for: lots of non stop killing and fighting and actor Scott Adkins delivers just that.

The "story": Scott Adkins' kid is kidnapped and now he is pressured by crime boss Mario van Peebles to liquidate all of his enemies. And so it goes...

Any bad? Well, it is still a B-movie, so dont expect Oscar winning dialogues or photography, these kind of movies serve only 1 purpose: non stop action. As much as possible that can fit into 90 minutes.

No jokes this time around. No problem with that. The action isnt superb, because there aint a lot of original action stunts, but it'll do just fine.

A very average Scott Adkins movie. I expected much more from Isaac Florentine given his past successes but given the obvious lack of money here and the shooting speed I guess this was the best we could do. To be fair, the action sequences are pretty decent when portrayed as JOHN WICK-style shoot-outs, although the hand to hand combat at the climax is spoilt by the annoying intercutting between fights that Hollywood always insists on. Adkins is fun and Mario Van Peebles full of charisma, but the rest is merely B-movie average grade.

I stumbled upon the 2020 action movie "Seized" by random chance in 2021, and I must admit that I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it.

And with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen and also having Scott Adkins on the cast list, of course I opted to sit down to watch "Seized".

The storyline and plot in "Seized", as written by Richard Lowry, was watchable, albeit rather generic for an action movie of this kind. So when you sit down to watch "Seized", you will not be in for a grand cinematic experience.

Sure, this was a watchable movie, but it was hardly among some of Scott Adkins' more impressive and entertaining movies.

The action scenes throughout the course of the movie were good, both the brawling and gunfight scenes, so that definitely counted for something.

While I managed to sit through "Seized" to the end, this was hardly an outstanding or memorable movie experience. And I doubt that I will ever return to watch it a second time.

My rating of director Isaac Florentine's movie lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars.

Our hero, Nero, possesses very special skills. His son is kidnapped and in order to save him he is forced to go on a killing spree. Yes, it's 'Taken' once again, with some variations. It plays out (probably intentionally) like a computer game. The dialogue can sometimes be cartoonishly clunky. Exciting at times, it did succeed in holding onto this viewer until the end. Ok but quickly forgotten.

Nothing we haven't seen before in a typical Adkins action flick. Mario Van Peebles was a refreshing up-tone to an otherwise bland story. Aside from the two leads, all other cast seemed like amateur actors. Action scenes were decent, directing was good, and cinematography was on point. If you're an Adkins fan as I am, you'll get through it with some sort of enjoyment. It's a 6/10 from me.