Seized

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.

I pretty much know what to expect with most Scott Adkins movies, and this was exactly that. Decent actions sequences, cliche plot.

Mario van Peebles was fun to see, and he really chewed up the scenery in a pleasant way.

This movie exists, and it can kill some time, but it's neither memorable nor something that has to be seen.

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.

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.