This is a generic film but with a lot of potential, the engine, the fighting, the shooting even the side characters have a lot of qualities, the city is amazing, the cars, the radio.

But the main character doesn't make any sense, it's so out of the place, this doesn't not look like any of the first 2 games, this looks like a Die Hard game or a generic Steven Seagal vengeance flick and when they try to implement Mafia things into it, it feels odd because it's ridiculous.

The beautiful thing about the first two games is that you are always reminded that you are a nobody, to be someone would be impossible because you are not made, you are not part of a family, you have no money, you work and do everything that someone asks, you can be someone, but you would never be the top guy.

While the two games have different lessons, the first is about family and redemption and the second is about friendship and loyalty, this one is about killing and only killing, the thing is, killing is nothing and soulless without feeling.

There's an incredible foundation here and even then they needed a much, a much better screenplay to pull this off.

Reviewed on Feb 22, 2021


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