New Movie Alert! Rebel Ridge

Dj Chilu September 11, 2024

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Rebel Ridge

2024

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller.

Plot summary

A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin’s bail.

Movie Reviews

7 / 10

Just average

Average First Blood type film though nowhere near as violent. A black ex-marine innocently gets in a world of trouble in good ol’ boy country and has to fight his way out and get some revenge on the side. But this is not really a revenge film. It’s a fight for justice film with a strong lead performance by the charismatic Aaron Pierre. I would think he has a big future, but hopefully in better films than this and the lamentably bad Foe (read the book instead!). Nearly all the cops, led by a convincingly vile Don Johnson, in this small town are corrupt and the only assistance this poor guy gets is from the only two women who are seen in this film. Make of that what you will, but this is minor league stuff with some decent car chases, which is good as it seems half the movie takes place in various vehicles. The plot is a bit convoluted, but I’ve seen much worse and so have you.

8 / 10

Black Reacher?

There’s a lot more good than bad to this film. Yes its a well trodden path, but what isn’t these days. This looks on paper as a capitalisation of the popularity of the Reacher series as a low budget movie with zero hints of John Rambo.

I hate the modern trope of rebooting licences with socially agreeable casting. And this doesn’t honestly play like that. Aaron Pierre, i’ve not heard of prior, but he’s done a good job of the given script. He’ll do well from this i hope. Don, bless him, loves these roles. Brawl in cell block 99 was a bloody hoot. But we all want to see another Nash Bridges or age appropriate Miami Vice!!

Verdict. Watch it. If you do, they’ll make more of the same. There’s no budget for CGI, no superheroes, but the entire cast play out this hardcore version of saturday night 80s tv really well. Time not wasted.