I just cannot understand why this film is generating 10* reviews. If constant yelling, bickering and swearing makes a good film then, yes, it's excellent but a poor plot, manufactured situations, some bizarre cut scenes and a set of most unlikely relationships makes this film depressing viewing along with 88 minutes I'll not get back.
I found myself hoping that it might just turn the corner and go instantly from mediocre to brilliant in an instant but it never happened and I just ended up not bothering whether, in the end, A killed B, B killed A or C killed them both. Just not bothered.......
Tiger Raid
2016
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / War
Tiger Raid
2016
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / War
Plot summary
While on a covert mission, two cold blooded mercenaries form an unlikely bond as they race across the desert in the dead of night. When their violent and desperate world implodes, past atrocities come to the surface threatening to tear each of them apart.
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January 14, 2022 at 10:55 AM
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Smoldering? Yes, like a damp squib!
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Two unlikable lead characters and a far-fetched plot make what might have been a taut, claustrophobic psychological thriller into something rather dull and disengaging.
Smolders but never burns.....
Tiger Raid is one of those maddening films that smolders but never burns.....
Its frustrating watching this film as excellent performances are handed in by the cast. Performances made more impressive when you consider that the majority of the interaction takes place between two key characters, mostly in small enclosed spaces.
There is so much potential in this film for a mercenary Middle Eastern take on a Usual Suspects meets Reservoir Dogs, hybrid mix. Sadly, the smoldering tension that builds and the questions that start to come to the surface, never ignite in a meaningful way. Instead, what is offered up, for the most part, feels nihilistic and empty. I know that's a message, in itself but it feels more than a little rhetorical, given the "money for hire killers" context.
In my opinion, an admirable effort from the cast but the script leaves much to be desired. Seven out of ten from me.