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This film is a throwback to the straight to video world action world, where we have here a Korean black ops team trying to stop some malign Japanese government operators. The main roles are played by one unashambedly Charles Bronson-esque actor whilst the other is simply "That guy from Squid Games"! If anything, the latter is probably its only real selling point.

The action is simple and quite good on its obviously modest budget. The problem is that the story is a bit daft, and hard to accept, but leave your brain at the door and just enjoy the ride.

Clear from the ending they were hoping for some follow up sequel movie, but I think they better just leave it there. Passes the time and nothing more.

Everyone seems to have become enthralled by season one of The Penguin, and I can't deny that for a comic book adaption it is of a high standard in some areas, most notably the acting.

The near Oedipal like relationship between our antihero and his mother was quite intriguing as much as it was disturbing, but was an interesting tangeant that really played into the character. Our villains were more believable than your usual comic book characters and I give credit to that.

However, personally I didn't feel highly invested. Whether it is due to comic book movie fatigue or the like, I just couldn't find the motivation to want to know the characters.

It's a decent and gripping show at times, with more in honour to The Sopranos than to the Marvel/DC world. Just sadly for me, I've lost too much interest in comic book adaptations. Maybe once season 2 comes out I'll be more of a convert, just not yet.

A very dark revenge fantasy of a young lady (a 'balerina') out to get revenge for the murder of her friend. It leads her into some very murky areas but it turns out she is more than a match for the self-styled alpha male gangsters. Her grief is paid out in bullets & blood.

We have here a stylish film, but the main crux is our lead who gives a strong performance as a lady who is more than she appears. As comfortable with guns as he is in ballet shoes, and gives a whooping to all those who deserve it.

The action is good, the acting is fine as is the dialogue. The only thing is that it doesn't really bring much new to the genre, although you will still be intrigued by it all, and really it's not a long film and well timed. There's humour too. It's a fine Saturday night viewing.