Take Cover

While I had indeed never heard about the 2024 action thriller "Take Cover", as I stumbled upon it here in 2025, I opted to watch it regardless. Why? Well, I believe in giving all movies a fair chance. And the fact that it was a movie with Scott Adkins in the leading role certainly was a cherry on top of the serving.

The storyline in "Take Cover" was okay. It was entertaining enough for what it was, but it was a bit on the simplistic side. This movie requires no particular commitment from the audience, so just lean back and enjoy the action. "Take Cover" is a popcorn movie, pure and simple. So writer Joshua Todd James didn't really impress me with the script and storyline for the movie.

The acting performances in the movie were fair. And of course you know what you are getting with the likes of Scott Adkins on the cast list. Aside from Scott Adkins, the only familiar face on the cast list was Alice Eve.

"Take Cover" does have a good amount of action sequences, which certainly do more than their fair share of keeping the movie afloat and interesting.

This movie will appeal to fans of Scott Adkins, no doubt about that. But if you opt to sit down to watch "Take Cover" on account of it being an action thriller, well let me just say that there are far better choices of movies out there with a more compelling and interesting storyline.

Watchable, for sure, but hardly an outstanding action thriller. Nor is it a movie that has the contents to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of director Nick McKinless's 2024 movie "Take Cover" lands on a five out of ten stars.

As usual, Scott Adkins is as good as it gets. But when you have a terrible script, two likable actors in the lead are wasted in silly, inane, predictable style. He is 10 times the actor and the martial artist that jvcd ever was. But for reasons I cannot explain, he gets stuck in b minus movies like these. Most of the movie takes place at the penthouse of a hotel room where they duck behind a sofa for cover,. Yes a sofa which has bullet holes through it as if a sniper couldn't just pepper it and kill everyone and end the movie.

Accident man is one of Atkins best including avengement. Stick with those, skip this..

Professional mercenary sniper Sam Lorde (Scott Adkins) finds himself in the middle of an existential crisis when he accidentally kills an innocent who throws herself in front of his intended victim. He contacts his remote boss and tells her he wants to leave the business. The boss is very disappointed but books him and his spotter Ken (Jack Parr) into a posh hotel where she'll meet them to go through formalities. However, someone else knows they are there and they are out for vengeance... Right let's say the good things first. By the end of the film, it's quite feel good and you've enjoyed a convoluted story. I very much liked the performance of Madalina Bellariu Ion who plays call girl Mona. Perhaps the best performance of the entire film.

Right, the dogs ears...the script is truly awful. The non stop pseudo-hateful banter between Sam and Ken is acutely badly written and sounds as fake as it is. Fight scenes are pretty poor. Acting is pretty poor. Verbalised emotions are half felt and not explored properly. There are so many plot holes it borders on ridiculous, and there's too much melodrama from poor actors.

Having said all of that the story while not new at all, isn't bad. If this film had great actors and a top end director it probably would have been pretty good. As it was it wasn't dire, it just wasn't very well produced or directed in so many ways. I have had a very tasty and enjoyable dinner so I am in a great mood and I give it a 5.

It is not like it is some great story, but it is decent enough. I am not saying more, because I do not want to spoil. It is true, though, that the script is terrible - the conversations! Just awful. The characters are not that bad, it is all in the conversations.

You won't see the best of Scott Adkins' fighting, but that is not the idea, as he is supposed to be differently skilled. And the situation he and his teammate got stuck in is a good idea. So overall, I am rating the movie six stars, which is ok on my scale, as five and below is bad to worst. And to be honest, I think there are worse action movies (and movies overall) being on cinema, pretending that they aren't crap.

The writing is just dreadful. From the cringeworthy opening conversation between Sam and Ken to the closing scene there isn't anything good. The script is laughable.

Even the fight scenes are slightly below par which is unusual for an Adkins movie.

I was pleased at the hit squad completely destroying the bar area, but failing to hit the fish tank. No one likes seeing fish getting shot up, do they?

Even though they are trapped in the apartment, there is very little in the way of tension. For some reason, they are struggling to close the curtains and there are a few times when they could leave by the door.

The high reviews on here are obviously fake. If you feel you must, then watch it and judge for yourself. This Scott Adkins fan is very dissappointed.