La Venganza Del Dragón

The cinematography of the movie is really good it has all the things that a good action movie needs but just a GOOD action movie not amazing or anything better than that because I could predict every single thing in this movie not just the general idea but every action that was happening in this movie The acting is pretty good Music didn't catch me that much as a composer editing was good The actual action scenes themselves were also pretty good I accept the fact that director was trying to use the general structure of a action / drama movie but it could have been better than that Overall I think It worth a shot .

Let's get straight to the point. The fight scenes in this movie are amazing, some of the best I've seen. And I've seen a lot. I am well-versed on the artistry of movie fight scenes. This is about as clear and hard-hitting as they come.

You can see everything. You can feel the hits. You almost experience the pain felt by these characters. My jaw dropped repeatedly. And there are a bunch of cool shots and camera movements during the fights.

As for the rest of the movie, there really isn't much there. It's the most bare-bones revenge plot we've seen a thousand times. Technical aspects are more than fine, but there isn't much to latch onto.

You could argue the same about GOAT action movie The Raid: Redemption. The difference is, The Raid doesn't focus on that bare-bones story. 70% of the movie is action scenes. It's more like 10% in this movie. Action is scarce until the climax and most of the focus is on the uninteresting story.

My personal recommendation: watch only the hallway/elevator scene at the end.

(1 viewing, 1/15/2024)

I had waited months for this to come be available in North America. I had high expectations given the episodes from Gangs of London and Frontieres. The last 20 mins was well choreographed and as violent as I would have expected the rest of the movie to be, in the end felt like some missed opportunities to ratchet up the action. Some of the locations were amazing. Overall worth it fro the elevator scene! The story felt way too dramatic when in reality it was a cookie cutter revenge story. Not sure about the lead actor - he was good in the action scenes but the dramatic parts were too drawn out.

This is a seriously good film.

I read a few reviews and one reviewer had a good point, for a film also known as Mayhem, the action could have been more ongoing, like Wick 2,3,4 and Extraxtion 2. 'He' mentioned that you have to wait a bit for the action to get going. That is true, with some small action pieces and then BANG its on for young and old.

The fights are full on uncompromising, bloody and make your jaw hit the floor as you process what you are looking at.

So good!!

I eagerly await more from Xavier Gens and hope he works with Nassim Lyes again as this pairing was a winner from start to finish :)

Mayhem!, efficiently directed by Xavier Gens is violent, melancholy and features two extendedly-bloody fight sequences. Unfortunately, Mayhem makes the cardinal sin of making you wait almost an hour for any of the fight choreography promised in the trailer to appear. The Mayhem part of the movie really only applies to the last 35 minutes. Thankfully, the fight choreography is punchy, bloody, violent, and framed in a way that will make anyone who's watched The Raid movies smile. The question is, does the roughly 45-50 minutes it takes to get to the goods worth it? Sort of. The story is simple, clichéd and has quite the melancholic ending. The fighting makes up about 20 or so minutes of the movie and for a 100 minute movie titled Mayhem, it's not enough.

HOWEVER, if you can relax and make it through you will enjoy what Gens and his stunt team put together. The final hallway fight into a gory melee in an elevator is stunning. It's the in your face brutality promised by the movies title and I had to watch it multiple times to revel in its glory. If only the pacing was tightened up Mayhem could have been up there with the greats. Until then, it's a fine Sunday afternoon watch if you don't have anything else to do.