Review of Redbelt (2008) by Ragnarokmike — 02 Jun 2017
One of Mamet's worst efforts. He certainly did bring an affinity for the martial arts, that portion is treated with the proper reverence, but the movie itself is a slipshod mess. Character motivations are as near to non-existent as well developed characters are, entire plot points are thrown out as soon as their introduced, it ticks off every trope in the book with little context to justify them, and then falls into an outright ridiculous ending (with characters reacting with no context and just another completely ignored plot point).
Ejiofor is the sole saving grace in a film that is otherwise at home in straight to video sports schlock. Disappointed.
This review of Redbelt (2008) was written by Ragnarokmike on 02 Jun 2017.
Redbelt has generally received positive reviews.
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