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A typical low budget B-grade film that didn't offer up anything new. Producer and director Christian Sesma's directing was decent in some parts, horrible in others - Rourke's hair blowing like Fabio's in slow-mo, especially towards the end which had the lamest and most amateur trade-off/stand-off I've ever seen, it was laughable.

This is the first ever writing credit for Zach Zerries, and it shows. It was riddled with plot holes, predictable, and omg some of the dialogue was horrid. There's a part near the end that Rourke repeated his line; why? I'm shocked that none of the producers including Rourke didn't give the screenplay a once-over to make some much needed edits. The normally comfortable 89 min runtime felt dragged out, and the slow pacing didn't help. There was too much nonsense filler, and the premise of the story needed more substance, and had someone added that to the script, this film could've been way better.

Even the overall sound was bad, like everyone forgot to bring the boom mics up close, instead of hanging high up in the air. The cinematography was good, and the performances were actually not bad, considering Sesma clearly failed in directing his cast properly. Luckily he had some seasoned actors who pulled through, and the White's performances were the stand out for me. Even my boy Rourke seemed bored for most part of the film. Oh, and what was the meaning and purpose of his bandages lol? Sloppy writing, and lots of it. But considering it's from an amateur writer, the blame falls mainly on the experienced director being even sloppier and lazy at his job. A little effort could've gone a long way in this one. But as is, it's only a 5/10 from me.

In seeing Mickey Rourke here in this movie, I realized that he could very easily star in a reenactment of the "Elephant Man." The production would be a lot less expensive due to the fact that Mickey would not need any special make up effects.

I like Michael J. & his material arts loaded movies - this one is not! It's littered with scenes that add no value to the overall storyline! It's actually sad that experienced film makers can do this- maybe covid affected them!

You have a lead who seemingly has amnesia,then is suddenly faking it, clueless cops, an impotent Michael J. Who's decisions & thought process don't make sense.

The story is just so everywhere, it's like they're showing a movie as the backstory at the same time while suffering from memory loss!

I hated that I wasted time watching this, even if I was high-it wouldn't have made sense or be exciting.

I don't want to dismiss or put anyone's effort down, but honestly, they could and should have done better!!

It's like nobody even cared about this movie. They have top named actors playing second fiddle to nobodies who can't act to save their lives and they were so lazy on the cover of the movie they litterally just cut the image of MJW's movie Falcon Rising and copy pasted it to this one.

You wouldn't miss anything if u never watch this movie. Low budget movie and poorly executed.

Unfortunately unable to give zero stars. To think someone got paid to make it is amazing. You'd be better off watching it with the TV switched off.

Terrible acting for a start, unnecessary graphic shots of women obviously directed by a pervert, all the characters have no substance. Every scene with Mickey Rourke I found myself looking at his dreadful face surgery and not even paying attention to what was going on as it is that distracting. He plays a sex trafficking head honcho yet he can't afford a flat screen tv ???? The main character is displayed as a level headed woman yet she has a samurai sword on display in her house on a stand ??? It's a stupid film with stupid characters. A 15 rating just shows that the censors are not doing their job.

I cant believe how bad this movie is. I could only watch 15 minutes before I had to turn it off. Why Mickey?

Id love to see how some of these critics blasting this movie can do better. You guys are just born bitter asses with nothing to do but gripe about other peoples work.

At the outset I was thinking it would be just another WOKEFEST making everything caucasion evil. But i was pleasently surprised by how it played out. Perhaps a tad unrealistic in its stereotyping but wth... I really enjoyed the movie.

Rourke is the Bob Joyce of bad guys -- even pushing 70, he still gets the job done. Dennis Miller once said of Rourke, in a typically flamboyant role, "I wonder if Mickey even knows he is in a movie." Michael Jai White never quite got the career he deserved, and lately seems happy to underplay everything. His wife Gillian steals what is left of the film after Director Sesma misses countless opportunities to improve the pacing and audience interest. He somehow manages to make even sex traffiking seem boring. Could have been a contender.

Stupid lines! Bad acting! Bad directing! Bad everything! How do movies this bad get released?? Punisher is the only good movie I've ever seen Micheal Jai White in. I don't remember it being this bad anyway. The creators of this movie must be going for one of those bad movie awards just to say they have some kind of award. Golden Raspberry Award.

As a previous reviewer commented base story ok,but overall acting is something you dont find in this "movie". Especially Mickey Rourke is so displaced,he looks really like someone who don care that he should act. Very disappointing. MJ White and Wife are not that bad,but still cant get my head around why they took M. Rourke.....

It is really sorry to see him with so many Botox. Time goes fast. Why?

That is about the only thing that is even OK about this movie. The acting is horrendous and script is even worse. Mikey Rourke should just go away. His acting is SOOOOO bad. Only watch this if is one of the only things available.

Opening scene is Mickey Rourke, clearly ad libbing and shouting at his dogs. He looks completely deranged and unaware that he's actually being filmed and taking part in a cinematic endeavour. Rourke only accepts parts in movies where he has complete autonomy over his appearance and script, so that he can turn up, behave like a maniac and get paid.

Michael Jai White deserves so much better

His wife tries hard but can't compensate for low budget woes

Chris Browning and Paul Sloane are wasted.

As much as I love this couple and most of his movies.... this is just horrible. It could have had so much potential with how big of a problem sex trafficking is. Oh well.. better luck next time.

No pun intended - there is no way back! There is no time given back especially. Now I have seen worse movies (Daniel der Zauberer to name the most recent one), but having said that, I really didn't need to watch this one too. On the other hand I am a fan of Michel Jai White ... and even if I wouldn't say it is his best movie (I reckon you can consider this a pun), it is always nice to see him act in something ... well you know what I mean.

Not sure if it qualifies to be called a B-movie action film - but you do have to have a heart for low budget movies. And if you also like one or more of the actors ... well it certainly will help with enjoying this. Decent enough if you suspend your disbelief I reckon ...

As I stumbled upon the 2021 action thriller "Take Back" here in 2021, I opted to sit down and watch it immediately as it had Michael Jai White on the cast list. Sure, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to watching, but that hardly mattered, as it was a movie that I hadn't already seen.

"Take Back" is a story about a daughter kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring and the parents struggle to save their beloved child. So writer Zach Zerries didn't really revolutionize the genre here with this particular movie, as it felt rather generic and offered nothing new or innovative. That being said, don't get me wrong, because "Take Back" was watchable enough, albeit somewhat generic at that.

Sure it was nice to see Michael Jai White in the movie, despite him not being the first lead performer. I wasn't familiar with Gillian White, but she definitely carried herself in the movie quite well. The movie also had James Russo on the cast list, and it was a shame that he wasn't given more on-screen time. And then there was Mickey Rourke, well, let's just move along.

I found it to be adequate for a single viewing, but that was also about it. Director Christian Sesma didn't manage to churn out an action thriller with enough contents to warrant more than just that single viewing. And the movie's cover/poster oversold the movie quite a bit, as there wasn't that kind of dramatic car chase in the movie.

My rating of "Take Back" lands on a four out of ten stars, as there are far better movies in this particular genre out there.

This is not a movie, it's a joke. And not even a funny one. Rourke looks like a spitting image doll, not able to show any expression.

No actors, no plot, no tension, what a waste of time!

Spoiler: the bad guy dies in the end 😄

The only good thing about this movie is the trailer. Other than that the things it dues actually excel in is bad acting, bad script, bad editing, bad color grading & & & If you find yourself voluntarily watching this, the entertainment value will be doing so well informed so you can fully appreciate things like the superfluous slow motion scenes, including but not limited to, Mickey Rourke's exemplary toothpick manipulation skills (seemingly his only skills. His acting skills appear to have been removed along with his looks. I'd love to be able to tick the "contains spoilers" box here, but this entire movie is a spoiler of good entertainment. Give it a miss.