![]() All rights reserved. Please enable it or install a modern browser that support JavaScript.ĬareersPartnersAbout usWhere to watchSupportThis feature is coming soon.We’re currently working on it! Thanks for your patience.About UsOur StoryLeadershipNewsPressCareersBecoming A CitizenResponsibilitiesPerksWhere To WatchSmart TVStreaming DevicesMobile AppDesktop AppWatch on the webAccessibilityPartnersDistributionContent ProvidersAdvertisers© 2023 Pluto Inc. Blu-ray Special Features:įalcon Rising is released on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, courtesy of MVD Marquee.This website needs JavaScript to work properly. ![]() Yet, judging by the wealth of positive reviews for Falcon Rising it’s obvious that I’m in the minority, so maybe it’s best that you try this film for yourself. But it takes so damn long for the film to kick into proverbial high gear that by the time White’s character hits Brazil I had become totally disillusioned with this story, to the point of boredom. He then sits around a little longer, going through more emotional turmoil: anger, depression, hate – you know, the usual – before heading off to kick arse in Brazil. That’s until he’s told his daugfhter has got into trouble in Brazil. However in reality, at least from my perspective, Falcon Rising features Michael Jai White’s Chapman sitting around on his couch, drinking and contemplating suicide by gun in the mouth. If you didn't see it, or it just didn't play at a theater near you (or you'd rather just watch it at home), the movie is now streaming on Netflix. When Chapman’s sister is brutally attacked while on assignment in Brazil, Chapman flies into Sao Paulo to track down her assailants, quickly entering the city’s seedy underbelly and discovering a world of drugs, the sex trade, corrupt cops, and organized crime syndicates battling for control. The first installment in the 'Codename: Falcon' franchise of movies starring Michael Jai White, titled 'Falcon Rising,' enjoyed a limited theatrical release last fall. ![]() From what I can gather, and courtesy of the films official synopsis, here’s what the film is “supposed” to be about:įalcon Rising – apparently conceived as the film film in a new action-movie franchise – tells the story of former marine John ‘Falcon’ Chapman, a dark anti-hero driven by guilt and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, who will destroy himself unless given something else to destroy – a useful weapon-of-last-resort for the U.S. Yes, Falcon Rising is one of those rare cases where I couldn’t sit through the entire movie… And that’s despite trying a handful of times (like MULTIPLE times). In fact I couldn’t appreciate the full running time of this movie at all! For even as someone who loves to rip truly-bad movies apart (other reviewers will tell you its easy to write reviews of really good and really bad movies, it’s those in the middle ground that will get you), I just cannot appreciate this film as even a bad action movie. ![]() For me, Falcon Risingis one such movie… Try as I might, I just don’t “get” this film, and that’s why it has taken so long for me to put finger to keyboard and bash out this review. The driving rhythms of the opening D minor theme portray a falcon on the hunt, followed by a section in 3/4. From his roles opposite Don “The Dragon” Wilson in Ring of Fire and its second sequel Lion Strike, to the first time I watched his starring role as the titular hero in the movie adaptation of Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn, to his directorial debut Never Back Down 2 (a truly under-rated DTV action movie sequel), I have sat through and thoroughly enjoyed a LOT of White’s movies.Īs I found with this flick, sometimes as a movie reviewer you come across a film that – despite it, on paper, ticking all your filmic checkboxes – really doesn’t click with you. John 'Falcon' Chapman (White) is a former Marine driven by guilt and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, who will destroy himself unless given something else to destroy - a useful weapon-of-last-resort for the U.S. Stars: Neal McDonough, Michael Jai White, Laila Ali, Lateef Crowder, Hazuki Kato, Masashi Odate, Jazmín Caratini, Millie Ruperto, Daniel Cardona, Jimmy Navarro, Arzoris Perez | Written by Y.T. ![]()
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