Tokarev (2014)

Tokarev: Directed by Paco Cabezas. With Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan, Michael McGrady. When the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.

“In my effort to see as many films of last years as I can, I come across a typical revenge film that is indicative of a Euripides tragedy. Reason giving was to passion as the protagonist attempts to avenge the death of his daughter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt the end, one thinks of Karma at work. The sins of the past being balanced in the future.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut is is those sins that cause me to think throughout this movie. I see an Irish Catholic boy in Paul (Nicolas Cage) who presumably confessed his sins and received absolution, and who then went on to perform great works to put that sinful life behind him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut, I also see the stain of those sins remaining in his heart and soul. They never truly go away, and he reverts to his previous character and commits even greater sins as his passions consume him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePassion overcomes reason and causes Paul to reject those who love him, and to hurt his friends as well as his enemies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe sins of the father are visited upon the son, or in this case upon the daughter, played by Aubrey Peeples of Lake Mary, Florida, and a famed Sharknado actor.”