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Triple Threat (2019) N
A daughter and heir of a deceased billionaire becomes a target for local crime syndicate that sends a group of mercenaries to kill her. She ends up with three men who all have their own reasons to fight the mercenaries.
The cast of Triple Threat should make every fan of martial arts films smile. It's who's who of the genre today; Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins and others like former UFC star Michael Bisping. Even though I knew better from past experiences with such star studded casts I couldn't help but have high expectations.
Because Triple Threat is what it is I'll start with the action. Violence is quite bloody like it usually is in these Asian martial arts films today. Gunfights have very 80s feel to them (while this isn't completely negative thing it's not good either) and they lack the flamboyance of modern action. Hand to hand combat is also surprisingly lame (there are some good sequences though and lame with this cast doesn't still equal bad) and due to too many big names the fights tend to drag on for too long.
The story or more precisely the lack of any is the real downfall of this film. The writing is quite stupid even for the genre and acts only as a poor excuse to take people from one fight to another. On a positive side vengeance means killling everyone and Triple Threat (like most Asian action movies) doesn't give a damn about diversity (all the good guys are Asian while all whites and blacks are bad guys).
Decent action flick but the cast promises so much more.
A daughter and heir of a deceased billionaire becomes a target for local crime syndicate that sends a group of mercenaries to kill her. She ends up with three men who all have their own reasons to fight the mercenaries.
The cast of Triple Threat should make every fan of martial arts films smile. It's who's who of the genre today; Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins and others like former UFC star Michael Bisping. Even though I knew better from past experiences with such star studded casts I couldn't help but have high expectations.
Because Triple Threat is what it is I'll start with the action. Violence is quite bloody like it usually is in these Asian martial arts films today. Gunfights have very 80s feel to them (while this isn't completely negative thing it's not good either) and they lack the flamboyance of modern action. Hand to hand combat is also surprisingly lame (there are some good sequences though and lame with this cast doesn't still equal bad) and due to too many big names the fights tend to drag on for too long.
The story or more precisely the lack of any is the real downfall of this film. The writing is quite stupid even for the genre and acts only as a poor excuse to take people from one fight to another. On a positive side vengeance means killling everyone and Triple Threat (like most Asian action movies) doesn't give a damn about diversity (all the good guys are Asian while all whites and blacks are bad guys).
Decent action flick but the cast promises so much more.