Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Gino Cox "Vendetta" never feels real. It opens with a car "chase" that looks more like a product placement. The police procedures don't seem authentic. The detective's home looks like something he could never afford and the back yard doesn't seem to belong to the rest of the property. A criminal who supposedly is involved in all manner of nefarious activities is set free when one key witness disappears. The prison looks like an abandoned prison with brand new weights in the exercise yard. There is a bright new humidor that sometimes holds cigars and sometimes holds something else. Even the fight scenes, which are usually strong points in WWE films, aren't convincing. It has a few bright spots, including interesting performances by Michael Eklund as the warden and Matthew MacCaull as a guard. The cinematography is pretty good with decent lighting and steady shots that look like the camera had actually been locked down on a tripod or other support mechanism. There are a couple of nicely executed time-lapse shots. Make-up effects were convincing.Dean Cain has 139 credits on IMDb, but I've only seen a few of his films. He held his own in dramatic scenes playing opposite Denzel Washington in "Out of Time." But he was in much better shape then and had a convincing role. With a more capable director at the helm, a better screenplay and better action choreography, I might believe that the 2003 Cain could hold his own in a fight against Paul Wight. We've seen movies about characters who break into prison one way or another to confront an adversary, including "A Law Abiding Citizen," "Face/Off" and "Escape Plan." For such plots to work, the protagonist must have some expectation of eventually escaping or using his incarceration as an alibi. Here, the plot makes the protagonist unsympathetic and fatalistic. The biggest problem with this film lies in the motivation of the characters. For the story to work, there needs to be a lot of history between the detective and the villain. The villain needs a strong motive to target the detective's family and the attack needs to be particularly loathsome. The plot also needs to make sense. Danvers is a detective. Abbott is locked up with murderers and other violent criminals. Danvers could more easily destroy evidence or persuade a key witness to recant testimony to induce one of the inmates to murder Abbott. Danvers doesn't seem driven by extraordinary circumstances. None of the motivations, big or small, make much sense. When Danvers learns there is an intruder in his home, he races there and calls his partner instead of sending uniformed officers. Joel pulls a dramatic U-turn and races to the prison to attend to something that could wait until morning. Police need a warrant to arrest somebody, unless they actually witness them commit a crime. Nobody can simply tell a SWAT team to arrest somebody for some crime committed months or years previously. It's difficult to make revenge plots sympathetic. The protagonist has to have a strong sense of commitment to justice and feel justice has been thwarted, but the movie fails to do this. The protagonist is unsympathetic and uncommunicative. His plan isn't clever. He takes a blunt force approach, but doesn't have unique skills. Along the way, he engages in confrontations with others who had nothing to do with his original motive. We don't see character development. The movie lacks any sort of moral. Very little seemed convincing. Nothing seemed original, exciting, suspenseful or cathartic.

kuuk3 The story was formulaic and we have seen it all before. But Dean Cain and Big Show give outstanding performances both. The violence is graphic and at one point Dean was showing that he had the chops to play Batman in another life!This film does not shy away from the blood and violence. There is very little bad language in it though, if any. One has to suspend belief a lot though. How Big Show's character can do what he does and how the number of murders goes unnoticed, got stupid. When people are being killed who are not even inmates, the rest of the police should have been investigating. Why a cop was put in general population is another mystery. My score of 7 is probably higher than the story deserves, but Dean Cain's performance earns it an extra two points and made this a very enjoyable watch.

Tony Heck "This is my house, the only thing that badge will get you in here is a slit throat." Mason (Cain) is a cop at the top of his game. After finally tracking down and arresting Victor Abbott (Wight) he moves on to the next criminal. When there turns out to not be enough evidence to hold him Victor is released and wants revenge. The next time Mason finds him Victor is standing over his dead wife. Now it is Mason's turn for revenge and after deliberately getting arrested he has Victor right where he wants him. This is a movie that is pretty much exactly what you would expect. The movie is really a B-rate action movie that plays off every cliché in the book. All that said the movie is pretty entertaining and is watchable. There are not really any twists or anything that isn't unexpected but again, when you go to watch a movie like this you pretty much know what your are getting into. Overall, nothing terrible but if you've seen one of these movies you have seen them all. I give this a C+.

Robert W. I have this unexplainable soft spot for Dean Cain. I idolized him growing up because of four seasons playing the Man of Steel in Lois and Clark. Since then, his career has been a downward spiral of cheesy straight to video flicks. Still every time he is in something, I feel compelled to watch it although I try to avoid that compulsion. I saw this listed and decided...you know what...why not? Well, here lies Cain's redemption. No I'm not saying its some masterpiece of cinema. But it is inherently reminiscent of Stallone's Lock Up, or The Last Castle or Prison Break and its simply entertaining. It is visceral and violent to a fault, ridiculous as it is dark and twisted. WWE Films might have an unusual reputation but they tend to know how to entertain their core audience. Sometimes that means their script isn't exactly brilliant but it is watchable and fun and the production values are very good and even in the most implausible plot, you tend to believe it and that's what makes Vendetta works. As a writer I saw things in the script I would have done differently that would have improved on it. Dean Cain's character wasn't strong enough physically. I wanted him to be even more of an unstoppable bad ass blinded by rage. But then again it also made him more human and believable to watch him getting his revenge while still getting his licks too.I really don't think Dean Cain could pull this off. He is anything but visceral and violent and guess what? This might be the best role I have ever seen him. He is believable and wicked and messed up and he fits the cast extremely well. His fight scenes are solid and his high intensity emotions work very well. WWE Superstar Paul Wight (The Big Show as he's known) is no Dwayne Johnson but he is pretty good at this role. He is massive and larger than life and definitely makes a killer villain. I'd love to see him in a mainstream film playing something like Doomsday or a massive physical villain like that. Him and Cain have surprisingly good chemistry and their fights are well choreographed. I feel like Michael Eklund is a little underplayed as the evil Warden. He had the opportunity to really play this role well and he's just a little too laid back however its a decent role and he doesn't get in the way of the main characters or story because this is really all about Dean Cain and Paul Wight's intense rivalry. Supporting cast is good and everyone serves their purpose well.Vendetta is actually filmed extremely well. Yes certain aspects of it are a little cheesy but entertainment wins out. Anyone who loves a violent action flick with a decent little thriller of a story will be entertained by this. Again, this isn't "amazing" and I would not rush out to buy it or see it more than once but I also wouldn't groan to see it again either. You have to go in with mediocre expectations given the cast, production team and history of both of those things. The Soska Sisters who direct this film are carving a niche for themselves in the indie horror genre and are known for their bloody style but perhaps they can add action thriller to their repertoire. Enjoy this one and while it might be forgettable you'll have fun with it while it lasts. 7/10