It has everything going for it: great lead performance from MJW as Chapman, tight direction from filmmaker Ernie Barbarash, awesome locations, a fast pace, and fantastic action sequencesīut first, let’s talk about the cast. Yeah, Falcon Rising should’ve definitely been a franchise. John Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil’s slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead. The Top 10 Ultimate Michael Jai White Action Movies ![]() Such were the hopes for the Michael Jai White action adventurer Falcon Rising. ![]() But every now and then, producers will take a chance and put out something original (so to speak) in hopes that it will hook audiences into coming back for more. Studios are more eager to stick with what they feel are guaranteed successes than try their luck with something original. Such a tricky thing to maintain in this day and age. Blu-ray Special Features:įalcon Rising is released on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, courtesy of MVD Marquee.The most ultimate Michael Jai White franchise that never was…Īaaah, franchises. Yet, judging by the wealth of positive reviews for Falcon Rising it’s obvious that I’m in the minority, so maybe it’s best that you try this film for yourself. But it takes so damn long for the film to kick into proverbial high gear that by the time White’s character hits Brazil I had become totally disillusioned with this story, to the point of boredom. He then sits around a little longer, going through more emotional turmoil: anger, depression, hate – you know, the usual – before heading off to kick arse in Brazil. That’s until he’s told his daugfhter has got into trouble in Brazil. ![]() However in reality, at least from my perspective, Falcon Rising features Michael Jai White’s Chapman sitting around on his couch, drinking and contemplating suicide by gun in the mouth. When Chapman’s sister is brutally attacked while on assignment in Brazil, Chapman flies into Sao Paulo to track down her assailants, quickly entering the city’s seedy underbelly and discovering a world of drugs, the sex trade, corrupt cops, and organized crime syndicates battling for control. From what I can gather, and courtesy of the films official synopsis, here’s what the film is “supposed” to be about:įalcon Rising – apparently conceived as the film film in a new action-movie franchise – tells the story of former marine John ‘Falcon’ Chapman, a dark anti-hero driven by guilt and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, who will destroy himself unless given something else to destroy – a useful weapon-of-last-resort for the U.S. Yes, Falcon Rising is one of those rare cases where I couldn’t sit through the entire movie… And that’s despite trying a handful of times (like MULTIPLE times). In fact I couldn’t appreciate the full running time of this movie at all! For even as someone who loves to rip truly-bad movies apart (other reviewers will tell you its easy to write reviews of really good and really bad movies, it’s those in the middle ground that will get you), I just cannot appreciate this film as even a bad action movie. For me, Falcon Risingis one such movie… Try as I might, I just don’t “get” this film, and that’s why it has taken so long for me to put finger to keyboard and bash out this review. ![]() From his roles opposite Don “The Dragon” Wilson in Ring of Fire and its second sequel Lion Strike, to the first time I watched his starring role as the titular hero in the movie adaptation of Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn, to his directorial debut Never Back Down 2 (a truly under-rated DTV action movie sequel), I have sat through and thoroughly enjoyed a LOT of White’s movies.Īs I found with this flick, sometimes as a movie reviewer you come across a film that – despite it, on paper, ticking all your filmic checkboxes – really doesn’t click with you. Stars: Neal McDonough, Michael Jai White, Laila Ali, Lateef Crowder, Hazuki Kato, Masashi Odate, Jazmín Caratini, Millie Ruperto, Daniel Cardona, Jimmy Navarro, Arzoris Perez | Written by Y.T.
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