Marko Zaror, flashing in the third part "Undeniable", as it seems to me, could build a bright career as an action hero at least in category B. “Latin Dragon” could now compete on equal terms with Scott Adkins in the action genre, but either they don’t offer him the main roles, or something else... Although, the role of the villain, apparently, has been since "Undisputed 3" and stuck to it, because He often has to play the role of scoundrels.
As it turned out, and the film by Daniel Zirilli "Invulnerable" he has a negative role. Before watching, I thought that Saror acts here as the main character, and this would be interesting, because I have never seen Marco in such a form. But I was wrong. The main positive role is assigned to Johnny Strong, who is filmed on major holidays, and often not in the most famous projects (although at the beginning of the 2000s he had some kind of rise in his film career), and in those, in most cases, he plays minor characters. But in this film the creators, God knows for what reasons, cast this guy in the main role. Looking ahead, I will say that he doesn’t show anything special or memorable in terms of acting skills in the film. His character is too expressionless and boring. Perhaps this is why he has such a modest filmography, or maybe it is because, in parallel with filming films, he also works as a model and writes music. And, according to sources, as a child Strong practiced either judo or jiu-jitsu, and even has a black belt. It was even captivating.
Plot "Invulnerable" reminds me painfully "Universal Soldier" and recently, God forgive me, "Bloodshot". It seems that the creators picked up pieces from both, and then sewed their own brainchild from these scraps. But no matter how you look at it, you can’t get rid of secondaryness in this way. "Bloodshot", having a budget, I tried to at least somehow talk about how a dead soldier turns into an updated and pumped one Vin Diesel. In the 1992 film with Jean-Claude This process was not given much attention, but it had a number of its advantages. "Invulnerable" I also decided not to focus on the process of resurrection from the dead, so to speak, limiting myself to a couple of phrases about nanorobots. Bullet wounds instantly heal; it is not clear where the bullet itself goes. Its exit from the body back through the wound channel is not shown, which means it either remains in the body, or these same nanorobots “dissolve” it in some unknown way. Or something else.
At the same time, "Invulnerable" there are no cool, memorable characters, interesting and funny situations, dialogues, or cool action. There is nothing interesting about it at all. He's very boring. Its running time is exactly one and a half hours and it still seems drawn out. And all because the film is a low-event one. While watching, I almost felt on a physical level how some scenes were artificially drawn out. This applies to those episodes where the heroes wander around locations, looking for something important. Instead, you could come up with something interesting or insert a dynamic chase, for example. But no, we will regularly be shown deliberately slow movements of the characters, as if deliberately trying to lull the viewer to sleep, and which ultimately lead to nothing interesting. I think that in this way the creators stretched the timing in order to somehow reach an hour and a half. This category also includes some meaningless dialogues that lead nowhere and do not carry any useful information either for the characters or for the viewer. Remove all these tedious walks and dialogues, the love line, which is also boring, and the film will not lose a bit in terms of content. Not much happens in it anyway.
The main attraction for me (and, probably, not only for me) is the presence Marco Zarora. As already mentioned, I thought that he would be assigned the main role, but it turned out that he played the villain. Although, if you think about it, his character is just a victim of an experiment. He did not choose death, he did not choose the fate of the test subject. At the very end, he voices the motives for his actions, and only then does it become clear what goal he has been striving for all this time. But when this happens, you even feel sorry for him, and you catch yourself thinking that this guy didn’t deserve this. It would be better if they let him die and give him a proper burial. In general, there is not much of Saror himself in the film, and all he does is fight. By and large, he has nothing to play there, and, as they say, the cat cried a lot of dialogue. Yes, the scriptwriters wrote a strong role for him, there’s nothing to say. Here in "Undisputed 3" It would seem that he also has little screen time and little dialogue, but what an image he turned out to be!
About Johnny Strong has already been said above. There's nothing to remember about the rest of the actors. Michael Pare plays a character of the second, or even third plan. Vladimir Kulikh, which appears in action films here and there, also appeared here. His role is larger than that of Pare, but just as unremarkable. Ron Smoorenburg also aroused interest, but his participation, judging by the credits, was limited to a cameo role as an assassin, whom I didn’t even notice in the film, or maybe I simply didn’t recognize.
Due to the fact that the film pays too much attention to pointless walking and mediocre dialogue, there is not much time left for action scenes. There are no shootouts here. There is shooting, but since the heroes are not afraid of bullets, there is no point in it. The hand-to-hand scenes are given a little more time, but the level of their staging, although not the worst, is nothing outstanding. You can watch it, but it won’t leave you indifferent, and it won’t make you any less boring. And I’m talking about those episodes in which the action takes place in broad daylight in the open air. In scenes where a fight takes place in any room, it is quite difficult to assess the quality of the production and the technical component, since insufficiently bright lighting makes it very difficult to evaluate it, and even more so to enjoy the “fight”. No acrobatics from Saror's character, no kicks from Strong's character, in case anyone wants to see that here. Most often, hands are used, occasionally opponents use grabs and creases. Apart from these two, almost no one fights in the film.
The film is not the worst in its genre and in its category, but it is one hundred percent passable. Watching it is completely optional. There is nothing in it that is worth attention, and there is nothing for the eye to grab onto. Even the presence Marco Zarora doesn't save. You can take a look, perhaps, just for show, but it’s better to look at it again "Unisola".
Sergey Volkolak
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Tags: Invincible, Vladimir Kulikh, Johnny Strong, Daniel Zirilli, Michael Pare, Marko Zaror, Ron Smoorenburg
Tags: Invincible, Vladimir Kulikh, Johnny Strong, Daniel Zirilli, Michael Pare, Marko Zaror, Ron Smoorenburg
I'll take a look, thanks for the tip!
Strange. Haven't you watched his Mexican works "Mirage Man", "Mandrill", "Savior"...? He is a positive hero there.