Lexi Alexander

There are many things to like in this film (and Ray Stevenson is always great), but it somehow never really gels together enough to get beyond being a bit bland. I don't get properly invested in most of the character arcs, the protagonist's motivation after the accidental killing of a federal agent (which is a good one) is fairly unrelated to the main plot (leaving me emotionally distanced from th goings on), once Jigsaw's face gets hidden in prostethics he gets ironically flat and uninteresting, the humour is fun but too infrequent, etc., etc. The movie would also have been served well with more Soap and Micro, both of whom I greatly enjoyed. It's an OK way to spend two hours, and not a bad film for Marvel or Punisher completists, but the Thomas Jane film is a better movie (if a less faithful adaptation) and Netflix reboot is miles beyond them both.… (meer)