Rupert Friend certainly looks the part of the titular assassin, and the action sequences appear to make good use of the R - rating, but with so many better video game properties begging to be made into films, did we really need
another generic action flick based on one that didn't work the first time?
Not exact matches
Like its predecessors, it's a decent, relatively
generic martial arts
flick, with some added poignancy due to both the 52 - year - old Yen's encroaching retirement from
action films and a subplot involving the terminal illness of Ip's wife.
However for the time being, if you are trying to get off of «The Avengers «bandwagon (why would you be anyway) and want to see something refreshing and original, or you just do» t want to see a
generic action sci - fi
flick like «Battleship,» then bow down to Admiral General Aladeen, aka «The Dictator» and bask in his oh so mighty glory.