Vendetta Rider – Weg der Rache (2014)

Vendetta Rider – Weg der Rache: Directed by Jason Momoa. With Tye Alexander, Henree Alyse, Lisa Bonet, Kenneth Dale Borill. Wolf, a Native American on the run after avenging his mother’s murder, flees across the desolate American West on his motorcycle, where he’ll discover that justice has a cost.

“Watched this movie at home the other night. Having read one of the reviews here beforehand, i already knew the main concept of the plot, which wasnu0026#39;t really mind-blowing, but i decided to give the movie a shot since the impression movies make isnu0026#39;t always 100% based on plot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you want a u0026quot;long story shortu0026quot; opinion, then this movie, despite not being totally bad, does feel kinda plain and pale, more like a university project than a real thing. It does have some nice moments in it, and the nature shots are really beautiful. But thatu0026#39;s not a nature documentary, and even if the movie doesnu0026#39;t pretend to be anything too big, you still tend to expect more from it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s what happens when the director thinks that good intentions are all that really matters. Yes, i already read here on IMDb that Momoa talked in his interviews about the problems concerning the crimes against native Americans. Okay, thatu0026#39;s all very touching, but Jason, you still decided to make a movie, not to write a pamphlet. You canu0026#39;t just ask some difficult questions and think that it will do. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting was very mediocre. Seriously, Jason was much more convincing as Khal Drogo where he had to play by other peopleu0026#39;s rules, than in this movie where he was his own boss. Dragging his wife into this movie as a person of his characteru0026#39;s romantic interest was another thing that made it look like a school project. Sheu0026#39;s very nice and all, but really, in their scenes together they look like they film their real-life behavior instead of acting their roles. Seriously guys, just get a room, and please, donu0026#39;t film what you do there, at least not for a wide audience. The only more or less believable characters were Cash – but only because he was already backwards enough that anyone who looked like a bum could have played him – and Khal Dro… ehm, Robert Wolfu0026#39;s father, but that might be due to the nativesu0026#39; inherent charisma.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut letu0026#39;s put the one-dimensional characters aside and look at more technical stuff. The action scenes were pretty damn fake. Momoa had a very decent performance as Conan and Khal Drogo, so he must know better about such stuff. Instead, we see the silly fights and a shaky cam that tries to hide the fact that the guys punch air or ground instead of each other. Sound editing was also pretty ugly, there are a lot of scene sequences when after a very quiet scene when you have to turn up the volume to hear the conversation there suddenly follows a very loud scene – not cool at all. More of it, in some scenes i could clearly see the lips and sound being out of sync, which is just unprofessional.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, this movie is not the worst way to kill an hour and a half of your time, especially if you love the landscape shots and feel benevolent towards the movies that promote the u0026quot;free spiritu0026quot; attitude, or maybe you just love Jason Momoau0026#39;s looks. But for the rest of you folks, this film can easily be skipped without losing too much.”