Frank Grillo was excellent in the second Purge movie. When I looked for him here on IMDB I realised I'd seen him already, in The Grey with Liam Neeson. Two very different characters, but he hit the right notes for each.
King of Killers is not in the same class. I watched it through to the end - maybe that makes me King of Masochists. The whole business was flat. Ninety minutes running time, but the fighting is barely begun by the end of the first hour. I was left with nothing but an oh yeah, so what? Sensation at the final twists. Frank's a good bad guy and he's recruiting to take on the bad bad guys. By killing the top assassins in the world. Riiiiiiight.
King of Killers is to Frank Grillo's resume what Apex was to Bruce Willis's. At least Frank still has the potential to rise above this dreck. Bruce ain't so lucky.
One other point: what exactly was the point of Ryan Tarrant's character? Was he there to lend some antipodean flavour with his Australian accent - which we barely heard, because he barely had a word to say?
King of Killers is not in the same class. I watched it through to the end - maybe that makes me King of Masochists. The whole business was flat. Ninety minutes running time, but the fighting is barely begun by the end of the first hour. I was left with nothing but an oh yeah, so what? Sensation at the final twists. Frank's a good bad guy and he's recruiting to take on the bad bad guys. By killing the top assassins in the world. Riiiiiiight.
King of Killers is to Frank Grillo's resume what Apex was to Bruce Willis's. At least Frank still has the potential to rise above this dreck. Bruce ain't so lucky.
One other point: what exactly was the point of Ryan Tarrant's character? Was he there to lend some antipodean flavour with his Australian accent - which we barely heard, because he barely had a word to say?