Avengement

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The whole film plays like a hunk looking at himself in the mirror.

Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty

Director Jesse V. Johnson sprinkles in enough cruel twists of fate and melancholy-laced flashbacks to prevent Avengement from becoming just another disposable exercise in action sadism on a budget. The real credit, though, goes to Adkins, who one of these days will hopefully get called up to the Hollywood big leagues and wind up surprising a lot of people — and grin while he’s doing it.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Portraying his most complex character to date, Adkins delivers a ferocious turn that proves visceral in its emotional as well as physical intensity.

Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray

Avengement features a good balance of colorfully profane British gangster-speak and intense, explicitly gory punch-outs.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

If what you’re looking for it fists of fury, he can provide them. And if you’re looking for signs that a guy who is playing heavies in small roles in big budget pictures is growing as a performer, that he and Johnson have gotten better since “Debt Collector,” just not all that much, Avengement is going to be your kind of movie.