3/5 stars
Godlock has a lot to learn. Training, YouTube how-to videos and determination get him only so far. Initial efforts to track down gang leader Playa (Harold Torres) leave him bruised and breathless; cops like Detective Vassell (Scott Mescudi) only get in the way.
Eventually Godlock finds enough clues and kills enough enemies to make his way to an abandoned warehouse, where Playa has surrounded himself with an army of mercenaries and killers.
How filming Hard Target taught John Woo some hard lessons about Hollywood
How filming Hard Target taught John Woo some hard lessons about Hollywood
The gimmick in Silent Night is the almost complete absence of dialogue. Apart from TV and radio snippets, texts and song lyrics do all the communicating here. Robert Archer Lynn’s screenplay is so elemental that the story is always easy to follow.
The director remains a master of camera movement, building suspense from simple situations that escalate into chaos. Every now and then a stunt sequence will provoke gasps, as when Godlock kicks a bad guy through a glass banister down two flights of stairs.
A two-person fight in a garage is breathtaking, thanks in part to work by supervising stunt coordinator James M. Churchman and stunt coordinator Bernardo Bucio.
Woo reins in the directorial flourishes: no doves, few candles, no bromances, limited slow-motion dancing. That may be due to producer Basil Iwanyk, best known for his work on John Wick.
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