Plot

Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.

Cast

The always consistent Frank Grillo leads while flanked by his real life son, Naomi Watts, Will Sasso in a very unusual role choice (But it works) and some weird choices who may as well not even be there for all they bring to the role namely Michelle Yeoh, Mel Gibson and Ken Jeong. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson is also there, though I'd not even realized it was him until after I'd watched it.

Verdict

Let it be known I love time loop movies, it's a great concept, a lot of fun and if handled correctly almost guarantees an enjoyable movie. Boss Level when it came out I didn't know was such a film but due to a certain casting I had no interest in, thankfully Mr Gibson is barely in the movie and simply put was really wasted (Especially considering how much I'm sure they paid him).

Upon finding out it was a time loop movie I leapt right in and gave it a shot and was immediately gripped. Despite not being a big action movie guy I appreciated this high octane level and clever time loop transitions. This was great stuff I thought, very stylish, Grillo was on fine form and I was happy I'd decided to give it a go.

And it is, it's an impressive movie and folks who enjoy time loop movies should love it. Action fanatics? This one is certainly for you as well.

But it's not without flaws, for example several characters/cast members seem weirdly used and honestly serve no purpose here. And then there is the ending, wait no sorry I'm lying as there is no ending. This is highly damaging, this would have been a high 7 but without a proper finale it's a low 6.

Could have been great if they'd just used some common sense and maybe added some additional time to pad out the supporting cast.

Rants

Great, we're getting movies with no endings now? Are the endless stream of tv shows not bad enough? We've reached the stage where I don't want to start new shows until I know they've finished and that they had an ending. I'd argue that the majority of shows now are ending prematurely, show after show cancelled on cliff hangers! Like buying a book and discovering the last chapter has been ripped out. It's simply not fair, I just discovered that Welcome to Eden is the latest casualty which though not the best show still ended on a cliff hanger and should have been finished. So very very frustrating.

The Good

Solid cast Some great action sequences Love me some timeloop stuff

The Bad

Some elements are just very convoluted A few cast members are wasted Mel Gibson That ending, or lack thereof.

How many times can you repeat the same thing over and over again? And will you get tired of it? I imagine there are some deleted scenes here with some interesting stuff that was cut due to pacing issues. But even with the stuff left in, it is more than enough to tingle your action bone/sense or whatever you want to call it. No innuendo here and just a lot of violence, in case you were wondering.

Having said all that Frank Grillo does an amazing job playing the guy who knows a lot of things and has also seen a movie or two (Taken reference in regards to himself and also the Indiana Jones scene ... a very infamous one, taken here with a twist). And add some gaming references too, a very small role for MIchelle Yeoh and others. Actually that may be the only thing that I sort of "dislike" here. There are so many different and cool characters I would have loved to have explored more ... to have more scenes of! Will Sasso looks anything like that fun Dude I know from other movies ... he's quite buff and strong like a mountain here. And then you have Mel Gibson ... how cool is he? That's rhetorical ... and while I wish there was more of him ... he at least has that one scene/monolgue or story time that kind of makes up for that.

So if you are not squeamish and you know the director and his work and humor ... you'll probably love this as much as many here did.

Greetings from Lithuania.

After i read a premise of "Boss Level" (2021) is decided to watch it as a guilty pleasure on a boring evening - i did not believed this movie will be any good somehow but i liked the premise on paper. What i can say after watching it, is that you don't judge a book by its cover, because "Boss Level" really delivers.

This movie was superbly paced - at running time 1 h 38 min it never dragged and was interesting from start till finish. The story here was an interesting one and involving. Directing was very solid and basically because of good directing this movie was actually really good one. Action scenes (and there are plenty of them) were very well made.

Overall, "Boss Level", no matter how stupid its title is and it maybe sounds on paper - was actually a very entertaining flick. Don't take it too seriously and you will be pleasantly surprised.