u/dark-oracleN2

I myself regularly listen to nightcall- kavinsky & soundtrack of barbie and blade runner 2049 (sometimes).

But what other musics do you think fits the same vibe? I know there are a lot of songs that falls under "literally me" category but they Don't fit ryan Gosling aesthetic.. If you know what i mean.

So.. Do you have any songs (from non ryan Gosling films/album/anime) that fits that lovable but lonely guy vibe that ryan Gosling's characters gives?

I enjoyed my time with it and i feel like for martial arts fans.. It's a great new addition.

But i think its not quite the masterpiece as early reviews were suggesting (atleast for me)

For positive.. ★ I will say joe taslim & yayan ruhiyan are utilised very well here (specially joe). He got to do a lot of fights and utilised well acting wise.

★ There were some uniqueness in the fight scenes specially with the attack & countering. I feel like every attack here.. Can be blocked or countered. There's no ONE attack which is unblockable. (in most films there will be that one attack which is unlockable). As a viewer i couldn’t predict which attack they are gonna do next.

★ Pacing was pretty good. Once it starts.. It rarely stops or become dull.

★ Fat guy was a treat to watch. He felt like a proper boss fight that you encounter in a game.

Negatives/ nitpicks :- ★ The middle section aka when joe & jet li's son (sorry im too lazy to search it up) get to that building to rescue childrens.

That entire section could have given us a lot of hand to hand fights & for whatever reason they gave us a motorcycle scene and a zombie invasion esque scene (using barricade to defend themself)

I get it why they were more focusing on stay alive.. Since there were too many enemies who are attacking all at once. But there should have been some hand to hand fights before they goes to full defense mode.

And when we do get some fights after that it just felt like a rehash of earlier fight in boxing ring (hammer everyone to death)

Huge portion of the runtime has been wasted there i feel.

★ This one is purely nitpick. You know how characters of japanese action films like baby assassins, 1 percenter, bad city... Uses to many grabbing and blocking instead of actually beat up opponents.

I thought same thing happened here. Yes, there are a lot of attacks and counterattacks. But it quickly starts to feel like they are just trying to get an upperhand throughout the entire fight rather than actually kicking and punching. And when they do start doing kicking and punching.. Fight is over.

I personally Don't like that in Japanese action film & it ruined some enjoyment here as well.

Thats the main reason why i Couldn't even understood what fighting style each character even has. Except for the skinny dude at the end who looked like he is coming from a Korean action film (his main weapon is his legs)

★ some times camera angle can be very jarring. Its not shaky cam jarring but it hinders the action.

★ jeeja yanin was barely in the film. It was just a cameo. Why? I feel like she could have been utilised a lot better.

★ Main villain also got very little screen time. There was no build up when our protagonists are fighting him.

I Won't get into story stuff because i Don't care for them in action film. But i feel like director Couldn't deliver what he was promised.

I wish there were atleast one extra fight where its joe & son vs 20 guys or the building fight could have been handled differently. If they Didn't relied too much on countering and gave us more straight forward martial arts fights in between.. I think it could have left a better impression on me.

Imo the raid films or even the night comes for us are still undisputed champions in this era for martial arts films. And im afraid nothing will beat them anytime soon.

(Hope twilight the warrior walked in 2 would be better than this)