Puncture Wounds

[Drunk Monk]

The Netflix title is Puncture Wounds, but the title in the vid is A Certain Justice, which is actually more fitting, but also telling in that the filmmakers didn't bother to change the title after selling it to Netflix. It stars Cung Le, who I've known for years, as a PTSD vet who interferes with a pimp bitch slapping his ho, which triggers his super vet powers and lots of people die. It's weird seeing films with people you know sometimes, especially when acting isn't their primary claim to fame. The filmmaker is too obvious wit its attempts at style in the beginning, too much sped-up-to-slo-mo and the narration doesn't work. Once it gets rolling, it settles into a typical actioner - Rambo meets Death Wish - no real surprises plotwise. For an R, there's a lot of swearing and violence, but virtually no nudity, just a quick flash or two. Man, back in the day, when exploitation films ruled, it was all about exploitive topless scenes. This film had three shower sequences and no nudity (one was Cung so that was just as well). The villain is Dolph Lundgren, who still looks beefy but despite being taller than Cung, is unconvincing in the fight scenes. Cung's action looks solid, real, he's used this stuff for real and can really deliver. Dolph's stuff is mediocre at best. No swordfights, but some nice knife work.