Fistful Of Vengeance Review
Not every film has to be the greatest story ever told, some can just state their goal and accomplish their objectives with style. Fistful of Vengeance might not be remembered a year from now, but it fulfills its purpose with plenty of fun martial arts action. Fistful of Vengeance was directed by Dutch filmmaker Roel Reiné, whose output is mostly packed with sequels to films that were immediately forgotten. The film serves as a follow-up to the 2019 Netflix series Wu Assassins, though aside from the cast, almost no one who worked on that show stayed on for the film.
For those who didn't catch season one of Wu Assassins, the film helpfully recaps nearly every important event of the ten-episode series in the first two or three lines of dialogue. Iko Uwais stars as Kai, a chef who discovers a hidden mystical destiny that grants him supernatural powers. Kai is tasked with defeating enemies who typically boil down to some combination of organized crime lord and half-recalled Chinese mythical figure.
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Kai is joined on his many adventures by his best friend Lu Xin Lee, portrayed by Lewis Tan, star of 2021's Mortal Kombat. Also, along for the ride is street smart former Triad member Tommy, portrayed by Walking Dead star Lawrence Kao. Tommy's sister Jenny is a friend of the trio's, and, after her murder in the series, the subject of the eponymous vengeance. Kai, Lu, and Tommy travel to Bangkok, Thailand to continue investigating Jenny's murder and defeating evil figures throughout the world.
The trio of martial arts heroes are pretty generic characters all told, each makes plenty of reference to their past deeds to fill the audience in on previous narrative weight. Tommy and Lu each get a
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