17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Powerhouse Indy Sleeper, January 10, 2008
This review is from: The Prodigy (Unrated) (DVD)
Picked this movie up at a rental place on a whim; the concept sounded intriguing-crazy, lone-wolf assassin finds his potential replacement in the form of a lower-tier mob enforcer, and puts him through hell to see if he is worthy. Knowing it was a low budget independent production and fearing the worst, I was extremely pleased at the overall look of the film: acting, production values, special effects, music were all topnotch. And the story was tight and tense from beginning to end. But the thing that really stood out for me was the hand-to-hand combat scenes: brutal, fast and vicious streetfighting like you'd see in real life, not like in the "movies." It made you hurt watching these guys beat the crap out of each other. I just placed an order w/ Amazon to purchase my own copy. Do yourselves a favor and check out this movie now! You will not be disappointed.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Go into this Movie with Absolutely No Expectations, January 23, 2008
This review is from: The Prodigy (Unrated) (DVD)
When I first read the reviews on this page,
they led me to believe I had found my new "Professional"
Suffice to say, the reviewers here hyped it up waaaaaaay too much.
It was a good flick, don't get me wrong,
and it would have been dynamite if I had no expectations,
or had just discovered it on HBO or Showtime.
But as it stands, Leon is still the king of the hitmen.
(And will be for quite some time)
The first line of this flick is great.(excellent in fact)
But the following twenty minutes or so, play out like very other action movie ever created.
A deal goes south, and the lead starts flying.
(When exatly do deals go as planned in these movies)
Enter a mysterious masked hitman,
who single handedly takes out every cat in the joint,
and you got yourself a typical action flick.
After this mundane madness, the real movie starts.
There isn't much in the way of blood & gore or extreme action.
But boy does the tension more than makes up for that.
This flick WILL keep you floating on edge of your seat.
(I can't stress this point enough)
The rest of this flick is reminiscent of a serial killer/police melodrama.
With the disgruntled gang members running around in circles
while our masked marauder leaves them plenty of bodies & clues to follow.
But it's all a game,
He wants a prodigy,
someone to continue his grisly work.
Most of the characers in the film are very like-able,
MOST of them.
The main-character (however) is the dullest in the film.
His psycho friend, on the other hand, is quite a hoot.
And while the acting doesn't deter from the experience,
it does little to enrich it either.
Essentially the acting leaves much to be desired.
If it were better, I might have been deeply immersed in the plot.
But it wasn't.
So I wasn't
MORAL OF THE STORY:
When the bullets are flying,
and the bodies are dropping,
you know school is in session.
Ding Ding
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