The Fantasy Film Festival White Nights had a film in its program this year, which should convince John Wick fans, especially with its tangible action, even if he is doing a slightly different tone: I, The Executioner will soon also start in the stream.
I, The Executioner complains a sequel to great action success
I, The Executioner builds on the characters from Ryu Seung-Wan’s Action Film Veteran-Above The Law, who was released in 2015 and, according to Kobis, with over 13 million cinema tickets (with 51 million inhabitants: inside) in his home country one is one of the most successful films at all . In order to understand the sequel, you do not necessarily have to have seen the predecessor because it has a completely new story: the Hunt for a serial killer.
Police officer SEO do-cheol (Hwang Jung-Min) has long worked as a law enforcement officer in the department for violent crimes. When the death of a professor is associated with an earlier murder, it is clear that a serial killer is around and fear spreads. While the investigation team with Park Sun-Woo (Jung Hae-in) recruits a promising newcomer and goes to search for traces, the perpetrator will soon be troubled by an online video in which he Next victim announced.
Action trumps humor: I, The Executioner impressed with defensive serial killer
Anyone who knows veteran already suspects that the continuation of the action series also makes an unusual tone: because the film I, The Executioner is not a pure, dark serial killer hunt, as the description of action suggests, but also sees itself as a comedy. Right from the start, for example, an illegal casino is taken up and the rapid persecution is stopped so that the crowd can not slip together a man hanging on a fire manager.
In some places he likes offensive humor A car is strange when a car is waiting behind the next gag corner, the twelve motorcyclists: mowing down or ending a human life on the curb. Ultimately, however, the action triumphs over occasionally unsuitable jokes, because the physical arguments and chase not only make John Wick-hearts beat faster.
At a folk festival, the parkour escape over roofs and stairs, even when watching the adrenaline release. In a tunnel, the final confrontation becomes inevitable if there is no chance of dodging on a glass -covered soil. And in the pounding rain on a roof of the house, the water only injects when the body is scared in combat and wet fists fly. In this outstanding fight scenes I, the executioners are entirely the visual desire for movements and finds it entirely-as a remarkable action cinema that lives for the moment.
I, The Executioner receives a home theater start in Germany, just like its predecessor Veteran: from the February 21, 2025 Can you borrow the action film in the stream and buy on DVD and Blu-ray from February 28th *.
Anyone who missed the Fantasy Film Festival White Nights can also make a note of the Fantasy Film Festival Nights in May 2025, where brand new genre films will run again.
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