Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto – Starring Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa

Two half-brothers reunite on a Hawaiian island after their estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances.

Before the opening titles roll, a DJ on the radio says, “Here’s a throwback,” and that pretty much tells you what you’re in for.

This plays like a movie that remembers what late-80s and 90s action films felt like. Less Fast & Furious, more Lethal Weapon. It isn’t trying to build a universe or reinvent the wheel. It just wants to give you two brothers with baggage, escalating chaos, and some well-timed one-liners

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Bautista and Momoa are a strong pairing. Momoa clearly wants to live in that action-comedy lane rather than stoic vigilante mode, and for the most part it works for him here, although it can trend a bit silly at times. But I like when he leans into the looseness. Bautista, meanwhile, gets one of those classic action-star one-liners that lands so hard even I felt it.

Morena Baccarin and Jacob Batalon add some solid comedic beats without turning it into parody, and Stephen Root is pitch perfect, but then again, he always is. The supporting cast helps the movie stay breezy even when the tone wobbles a bit in the middle.

And while it’s playful, it’s not weightless. The violence is a notch more graphic than the usual cartoonish, CGI-heavy chaos we’ve gotten used to in big-budget action. Fights feel physical. Impacts feel like they hurt. It gives the movie a little grit without dragging it into grim territory.

There is a slightly wonky set piece that doesn’t fully land for me, and the tone occasionally swerves between buddy comedy and revenge thriller. But for the most part, it worked for me.

If you like your action movies closer to the 80s/90s side of the spectrum — when charm, chemistry, and practical brawls mattered as much as spectacle — this should work for you.
Not prestige. Not groundbreaking. Just a solid, slightly bloody movie that knows exactly what it is.

Verdict: Good Time