PG-13 | 2h 10min | Action, Thriller | 21 December 2012 (USA)
By all accounts, the action and crime-thriller genres have become increasingly bloody and depraved in recent years. In general, pointless hyper-violence has been the de jour as detailed in my review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum a couple of years ago. Sadly, this unfortunate trend toward nihilistic filmmaking—mostly bereft of anything remotely resembling cogent narratives—doesn’t seem to be ending soon. But there have been a few bright spots within the past couple of decades.
