Falcon Rising | Michael Jai White, Neal McDonough | Action, Adventure, Crime | Full Length Movie
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Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.Director: Ernie BarbarashCast: Michael Ja...

Michael Jai White is an underrated martial arts star, though he’s been in a bunch of movies. He pretty much carries this one, which seems to be low-budget and was aimed for the streaming market. I think it was meant to start a franchise but apparently that fell through. Anyway it’s still an entertaining movie if your expectations are low. White plays a troubled vet who goes to Brazil to take down some bad guys.

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 43% of seven surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.5/10.[5] Metacritic rated it 49/100 based on four reviews.[6] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter called it “a by-the-numbers thriller that mainly serves as a showcase for its star’s considerable fighting abilities”.[7] Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times likened the film to a 1980s TV cop show and wrote that although White’s character is likeable, he is not menacing.[8] Tom Long of The Detroit News wrote, “Falcon Rising is filled with so many action-flick cliches it could serve as a text on how not to do things.”[9] Simon Abrams of The Village Voice compared it to Commando. Abrams wrote that White’s character, despite his charisma, “comes across like another pseudo-heroic American behaving badly abroad”.[10] Soren Andersen of The Seattle Times wrote, “Nothing new here, in other words, but White’s electrifying performance makes it all seem somehow fresh.”[11] Charles Bramesco of The Dissolve rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, “Though Falcon Rising occasionally fails to distinguish itself from the glut of similar globe-trotting action potboilers, it succeeds on the merits of White’s winning performance.”

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attempted suicide; human trafficking involving minors