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Message From the King

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Message From the King

R

2016

1h 42m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A mysterious outsider travels to Los Angeles to bring those responsible for his younger sister's disappearance to justice.

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Noel Murray

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While its story moves forward in a way that makes sense, Du Welz's pacing is too slow and too choppy for the movie to build up much momentum.

Rated: C+

Sep 17, 2016

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

A brooding, gritty revenge flick geared as a throwback to American cinema of yesteryear, when the sleazy metropolis was a favored go-to for cinematic dens of iniquity.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 10, 2019

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Kiko Vega

Espinof

The screenplay by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell is custom designed for the brutality of the Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 6, 2019

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William Evans

Black Nerd Problems

Was this a terrible movie? No, not by any means. It just wasn't that great, even if the vehicle felt very ripe for Boseman.

Jun 13, 2018

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José Martín

El antepenúltimo mohicano

Better directed than written and with some sound performances from the entire cast, the film is, however, covered with a hopeless and melancholy air... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/5

Nov 28, 2017

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Instead of being the next Equalizer, it's a slower paced investigative revenge piece that's lacking a harder edge.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 27, 2017

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Maurice L

A nice movie with awesome actors/actress! Chadwick, is and was powerful in it! It was gritty and realistic! It worth checking out, you know since Chadwick, didn't have to many films, anyway.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Bill W

Excellent revenge movie with a twist at the end. I liked it a lot.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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Kevin M

I just watched it and liked it. Good action. I love the chain. Also, wish I saw more of Teresa Palmer.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/09/24

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Jim H

formula picture. slow pace. at the end forgettable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/26/24

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Brett C

I quiet licked ITT aktoooalley ✓✓✓✓

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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J G

Starts off kind of prommising, and then just gets worse and worse. And worse. What a waste of talented actors. Even the 'good guys' played by charismatic actors are kinda awful two dimensional caricatures. A revenge flick where none of the revenge feels satisfying, there are no lessons, none of the motivations make any sense. Just so slow. Dreary scene after dreary scene. Baffling as there are so many opportunities for something nice to happen, and the director always chooses the weird, unnecessarily creepy direction - often with no rhyme or reason or conclusion. Boseman makes such an effort to develop his boring character, but it just goes nowhere.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/16/23

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Synopsis

A mysterious outsider travels to Los Angeles to bring those responsible for his younger sister's disappearance to justice.

Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Producer: Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, David Lancaster
Screenwriter: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell
Production Co: Entre Chien et Loup, Ink Factory, Entertainment One
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Grisly Images|Brutal Violence|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content/Nudity)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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