I Am Wrath (2016)

Some things I liked some I did not.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was so bad, I couldn't keep from watching it. Horrible, ridiculous script with so many holes, a herd of elephants could fall through. Terrible editing. It is amazing anybody would have put up the money for this tripe. A lot of good actors couldn't save this mess. Don't start watching it...you won't be able to take your eyes off the train wreck.

First off, I thought John Travolta had accepted his male pattern baldness, but based upon the terrible wig atop his head in this film, I guess that is not the case. Besides the bad wig, we have yet another middle aged vigilante "Death Wish" knock-off. Travolta plays a mild mannered upright citizen who's wife, Rebecca De Mornay, is murdered during a mugging gone wrong, but when the justice system sets the murderers free, it's up to Vinnie Barbarino to go all Charles Bronson on these lowlifes. To help him go all Mr. Majestic on his wife's murderers, he enlists the help of lowlife friend Christopher Meloni, which is kind of fun since Meloni played a straight arrow cop on "Law & Order" for so many years. Also in the film's favor is director Chuck Russell, who did the underrated remake of "The Blob," Jim Carrey's best comedy, "The Mask," and also directed everyone's favorite Nightmare on Elm Street sequel, Dream Warriors. The film was also shot by Andrzej Sekula, who did "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" among may other respectable genre films. However, the script for "I Am Wrath" is such an awful mishmash of clichés that it renders the film nearly unwatchable. Outside of not being able to take my eyes off of Travolta's terrible rug, Meloni is the only thing worth watching in the film. If you need a recent vigilante film fix, stick with Kevin Bacon in "Death Sentence," Keanu Reeves in "John Wick," or Michael Caine in "Harry Brown."

Average revenge movie. Loved main characters, the only reason for 5 stars, is that I had a very hard time playing attention to the plot do to Travoltas horrible fake hair. Come on, couldn't they hire someone to do a better job and how could they not notice. I know this may sound like trivial distraction but, it was a distraction nonetheless

'I Am Wrath' is very moving film - it is not hard to move on after first fifteen minutes. I managed to sit through it somehow. It's almost like John Travolta wanted to make a lousy parody of Nicolas Cage. 'John Wick' made revenge movies look cool again, and 'I Am Wrath' really tries to emulate similar coolness but it falls out like toothless alligator trying to eat buffalo. Travolta and Christopher Meloni has good chemistry between them, but the script is too shallow that the actors don't have enough material to work on. It uses every, absolutely every known cliché to human kind, that all the twists of the film can be guessed at the opening credits even if you have turned off your brain almost comatose like state. No surprises, no style. Totally unnecessary movie.Oh yeah, John Travolta's hairpiece deserves it's own movie.