Seized - Sotto ricatto

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.

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.

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.

The pacing is good. The storyline is predictable but it doesn't stop it from being entertaining. Scott Adkins does what he does best - fight off bad guys. Mario VP seemed to be having fun. The action sequences are nicely done. Just good performances all around.

It was a very solid and fun action movie. The plot was generic but I enjoyed the Mexico setting and the storyline surrounding the cartels. The main villain was very good and I liked his motivations. The lead was also good and Scott Atkins typically makes decent movies. There was some great action scenes and the choreography was very well done and was very gritty and violent. Lots of fun and very fast paced.