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Mar 5, 2019 · A former soldier seeks revenge for his brother's death in Romania with the help of two allies. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more for this low budget martial arts action film.
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- Keoni Waxman
- 2019-03-05
A former soldier and two allies seek revenge for his brother's death in Romania. The Hard Way is a 2019 action movie directed by Keoni Waxman and starring Michael Jai White, Luke Goss and Randy Couture.
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- Keoni Waxman
- Action
- Michael Jai White
After learning his brother died on a mission in Romania, a former soldier teams up with two allies to hunt down a mysterious enemy and exact revenge. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Keoni Waxman
- 94 min
- The Hard Way Plot Summary
- Highlights
- On The Fence
- Overall: Mixed
John and Cody are brothers, formerly in a special ops group, but John has been retired for a while and wants to live a chill life. However, with something happening to his brother in Romania, he flies halfway across the world to finish what his brother started. Also, to protect those his brother left behind.
Michael Jai White
The strongest part of The Hard Wayis Michael Jai White and considering how he handles himself, both in action scenes and when in conversation, it leads you to wonder why he isn’t a bigger action star. For whether you are simply talking about the man’s stature and presence, or seeing how his legs fly, arms gracefully fling out and whip people around, he reminds you why martial art films used to be a staple in the action genre. And, without argument, he pretty much carries the movie.
The Fight Scenes
Despite White’s skills, unfortunately, you don’t get a lot of fight sequences which make you flinch. In the effort to present style and complex choreography, we don’t get that sense a minion or villain really just got f***ed up. Yes, there is blood, groans, sounds of contact, but never that moment when you just grimace and question if something really got broken.
The Story & Villain
Nothing about this story or its villain is going to feel fresh, shocking, or like Waxman or Churchill are the best screenwriters out there. It is just good enough to create some story between White whooping someone’s ass. It doesn’t create emotional depth, there isn’t a sense of urgency, and there isn’t the vibe that if John doesn’t get the job done, something bad will happen tomorrow. All he’d do is disrupt a machine which is well oiled and running without issue.
Available on Netflix While an entertaining watch, you aren’t going to remember what you saw within a week. It’s something to watch to kill time, and the only positive thing that comes from this is hoping Michael Jai White is given more opportunities. For he truly seems like an action star who just hasn’t gotten enough blockbusters yet. Leading to w...
Find out who starred in and worked on the action film The Hard Way, directed by Keoni Waxman and written by Thomas J. Churchill and Keoni Waxman. See the full list of actors, producers, stunt performers, and more on IMDb.
A former soldier seeks revenge for his brother's death in Romania with two allies. Read the plot synopsis, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia and FAQ of this action movie directed by Keoni Waxman.
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