Signature Entertainment presents Message Man available to stream on Amazon Prime from 16th February 2022. Directed and written by Corey Pearson and starring Paul O’brien.
Synopsis
When his dark past threatens to catch up with him, an assassin comes out of retirement to go on a final killing spree to make things right.
Review
My favourite type of film genre has to be action and more often than not it’s the ones that take very little thought to enjoy that I like the most, a more beer and pizza movie if you will. From the moment I saw the trailer Message Man seemed to tick all the right boxes for me and I couldn’t wait to give it a full watch.
The film centres around Ryan Teller (Paul O’brien) a retired assassin who tries to live a quiet life living on a boat and living like a normal person. But as you may have guessed living the quiet life just isn’t going to happen for Ryan as he befriends a young Indonesian boy and his family, things rapidly turn for the worse when the boy and his sister are kidnapped by pirates and a wealthy business mam surfaces from his past putting a bounty on his head taking the film down a very dark path indeed.
The film eventually is a brutal thrill ride, it takes a while to get going as it builds on it’s foundations, however when it does get going grab on to your seats as it takes you on a thrill ride like no other full of raw emotion, passion and revenge this story is a gorefest that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
This is the first film I have seen from director Corey Pearson and I felt that he has got it right with this one, although slightly edging on the predictable with the storyline it had me gripped throughout and I personally thought that casting Paul O’brien as the main character was a perfect choice, he played the quiet action hero part down to a tee.
Verdict
A slow starter which builds to an edge-of-your-seat wild journey.
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