‘Vanquish’ Review: Morgan Freeman & Ruby Rose Play By The Numbers In Lionsgate’s Uninspired, Violent Action Thriller

says pretty much all you need to know: “bloody violence, language, some sexual material, drug use.” In fact, all that would have been a better title for this routine and derivative action movie where Oscar winner Morgan Freeman seems to be just going through the motions for an easy paycheck.The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, a very long way indeed.

In order to do that, he has Lily being held hostage — motivation enough for Vic to spring into action, which she does without missing a beat. Before you can say “bang-pop-bang,” she has jumped on her motorcycle and headed after the hard-edged bad guys . Lots of bloody, violent confrontations follow as she does in a number of one-dimensional villains in order to complete her task and get her daughter out of harm’s way.

Everyone in this film from the crooked cops to the criminals is bad news. Best of all for Damon is that, in addition to all the weaponry Victoria needs, she also gets a body cam so he can follow along with all the action in real time, watching it from the comfort of his wheelchair as if it was an episode ofDon’t you just love technology? It also gives Freeman the opportunity to make this all more than a cameo as he has a front-row seat as if he were with her.

Like his cast, director-writer George Gallo has seen better days. Hard to believe that this routine action time-waster comes from the same man who gave us screenplays foramong others, but he uses every learned trick to keep it moving at a fast pace. At least it is over quickly. Producers are Nate Adams, David E. Ornston and Richard Salvatore. Lionsgate opens it Friday in theaters and digital. Check out my video review with scenes from the film at the link above.

No to be confused with Shinji Mikami's third person action masterpiece 'VANQUISH'. It is a amazing game, please go buy it here-- y . .

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