I figured with a rating of 7.1 on IMDb, as I am writing this review, then I figured that I would be in for something good and entertaining when I sat down to watch the 2021 action thriller "Vengeance Is Mine" here in 2022. Sure, I hadn't heard about this movie from writer and director Hadi Hajaig prior to watching it, so I wasn't fully sure what I was getting myself into here.
Well, if "Vengeance Is Mine" had a better character gallery, then perhaps I would have gotten more submerged into the storyline. But I have to say that the character gallery in the movie was flaccid and fully devoid of character traits, quirks and such. And I must admit that I didn't care one bit about the main character Harry (played by Con O'Neill), nor about the tragic events of him losing his family and going on a murderous rampage and a quest for vengeance.
The storyline had potential, and the concept was adequate enough, albeit it was a somewhat generic and mundane storyline. But it would have worked actually well enough, provided the characters in the movie had anything to offer. But they didn't, and the movie suffered from that.
Truth be told, I didn't care one bit about who died or what happened to the characters in the movie, and it was a struggle to watch Harry stumbling through one failed suicide attempt after another, and then watch him go on to exact vengeance upon people. It just didn't work.
For an action thriller then "Vengeance Is Mine" from writer and director Hadi Hajaig just failed to deliver. This is not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on. And I just don't fathom how the movie could rate so high.
My rating of "Vengeance Is Mine" lands on a three out of ten stars.
Well, if "Vengeance Is Mine" had a better character gallery, then perhaps I would have gotten more submerged into the storyline. But I have to say that the character gallery in the movie was flaccid and fully devoid of character traits, quirks and such. And I must admit that I didn't care one bit about the main character Harry (played by Con O'Neill), nor about the tragic events of him losing his family and going on a murderous rampage and a quest for vengeance.
The storyline had potential, and the concept was adequate enough, albeit it was a somewhat generic and mundane storyline. But it would have worked actually well enough, provided the characters in the movie had anything to offer. But they didn't, and the movie suffered from that.
Truth be told, I didn't care one bit about who died or what happened to the characters in the movie, and it was a struggle to watch Harry stumbling through one failed suicide attempt after another, and then watch him go on to exact vengeance upon people. It just didn't work.
For an action thriller then "Vengeance Is Mine" from writer and director Hadi Hajaig just failed to deliver. This is not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on. And I just don't fathom how the movie could rate so high.
My rating of "Vengeance Is Mine" lands on a three out of ten stars.