The Finnish superhero movie Rendel, created by director Jesse Haaja, was a straightforward attempt to build a basic urban vigilante feature, and even though it by no means conveyed any sense of originality in narrative or characterization whatsoever, it was at least entertaining. As an origin story, Rendel ticked all the trope checklists: witnessing the death of his family turns a common man into an masked avenging angel, one-man battles against a powerful criminal empire, grim and gritty treatment, and the darkened path of violence and vengeance doing a number on the psyche of the protagonist—all the expectations fans of the genre might have had were fulfilled.
However, the same cannot be said about its lackluster sequel, Rendel 2: Cycle of Revenge, which fails to convey any cohesive sense of direction from the beginning to the end. Leaving aside the problems with the plotline or characterizations, the movie cannot...
However, the same cannot be said about its lackluster sequel, Rendel 2: Cycle of Revenge, which fails to convey any cohesive sense of direction from the beginning to the end. Leaving aside the problems with the plotline or characterizations, the movie cannot...
- 7/22/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
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