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Director Alex Chung should compare a fight scene from his movie with good movies and learn! I Don't like write bad about somone so Alex Chung is uh, not that good, and many improvements to make in his future films :).

Poor script, poor acting, the fight scenes are ok but they don't save the movie. The movie is another of those bad Canadian movies that Canadians are forced to watch on their TV programming be cause of CANCON rules. Truth be told there is very little Canadian film or tv that is good, and Canadians live right next door to a massive film/tv industry that even at it's worst offering is usually 10 times better than anything CANCON. Granted there are some gems that come out of Canada, but very few. Thanks to the oppressive Canadian gov't and the CRTC, what content Canadians can see is controlled because they think that Canadians will lose their identity if they see too much American film/tv.

So you didn't have to. You're welcome . Please. Trust me on tis

What do you want from a movie? Entertainment? Yes? This movie has some great action scenes, with moves you don't see in other movies, so i really don't understand all the negativity, sometimes people are just stupid i guess... Don't listen to the hate, be your own judge!!!

...you'll barely find one. But if you're looking for some surprisingly awesome choreographed fight and action scenes, you've come to the right place.

This is pro-stunt-man-turned-newb-filmmaker Alex Chung's first full length feature film (with only a handful a previous shorts) as writer, producer, director, editor, choreographer and *whew* actor. It's an independent, surprisingly "zero funded", B grade Canadian film. According to the Trivia section, this story was supposed to be a trilogy of shorts, but instead was mended together into a full length film - which perhaps explains the choppy screenplay.

The cinematography was decent, the score surprisingly fitting and bearable (unlike most B-grade films where it's too loud, overbearing, unfitting and annoying), but the directing certainly needed improvement. The cast performances for the most part were unconvincing and amateurish, but I'm sure most of it was due to Chung's lack of experience in directing his cast effectively. The conceptual story was creative, but the screenplay was way too choppy and convoluted and could've also been edited better. I'm still confused to what I saw in the first 5 minutes with the convoluted back and forth scenes.

So as the story began, I was even more disappointed with pretty much every aspect - even the sound was way off, as if someone forgot to bring the boom mics. But the more I saw the outstandingly choreographed fight and action scenes including some unexpectedly crazy gore, I really started getting into the film and saw it right to the "Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse meets Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon" crazy ending. I have to say it has some of the best John Wick style fight scenes I've seen in awhile.

Clearly this is no Hollywood big budget production, but still a decent effort from a newb filmmaker. And as such, I'm giving this film a very generous 6/10 based on its own merits and low production costs. It is certainly undeserving of any 1's and 2's, considering new filmmaker's have to start somewhere, right? Having said that, I'm gonna go back again to see some of those amazing fight scenes, which imo, make up for at least a some of its flaws.

I'm looking forward to Chung improving his filmmaking skills and coming up with some feature films that are well produced and still have these amazing fight choreography, action and stunts. Props and respect for his first attempt.

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