It’s hard when movie like The Night Comes For Us sets a high standard, and other movies are a notch or two below it.

While I didn’t think the choreography was amazing, I thought it was simply good, and it was nice to see an eclectic cast have fun with each other while showing off what they know.

It goes hand In hand with how movies like this are plagued with ever decreasing budgets and shooting schedules, so it’s a luxury if a movie is lucky enough to get a month to shoot a big ass sequence.

I get that this “should” have been the ultimate action movie, but I enjoyed it as a group of like minded people having fun on camera.

And no, I wasn’t expecting that much. However if you don’t make the most of it with all these talents involved you have done a poor job. The action should have wowed us and it didn’t. I appreciated the throwback to the Eighties en Nineties action flicks. But back then they made sure the action ruled.

Thanks! It would be nice if it grows on people over time. It seems like Triple Threat’s biggest fans are the open minded action fans with reasonable expectations. It may not be impossible to make “The next Drunken Master II,” but I think we’re at an age where we can’t expext every martial art film to be like that.

I will say I was disappointed that Scott Adkins’ character answered to a higher power who ended up being useless. I would have preferred that he answered to no one.

I also thought Michael Wong’s character could have been played by anybody and his only purpose was to give the heroes guns. That mystery man mojo wasn’t needed. (I used to hate the guy until I watched Beast Cops and Enter the Eagles.)

How can I forget Rina Takeda?! I’m sure there’s more women out there who’d be perfect for the Triple Threat counterpart!

I can’t say I liked Europe Raiders as much as I like listening to certain Beatles songs backwards! 😛

Sounds like you enjoyed it as much as I did Andrew!

“I’m sure other people will say that the fights are too short or that there’s too much talking, but I liked the non action scenes.”

I’ve already seen newer reviews making similar statements. I think some fans just expect too much, and I expect ‘Triple Threat’ will be more appreciated over time. I remember when reviews came out for ‘SPL’ and ‘Flash Point’ in the mid-00’s, many of them leaned towards the negative for the same reason. Now over a decade later most Donnie Yen fans say they’d love him to make more movies like those. Once the instant gratification factor fades away, and people realise it was never going to be a movie of wall-to-wall fights, I think ‘Triple Threat’ will find even more of an audience than it has today.

“Someone needs to make a women starring Triple Threat with Jeeja, Jiang Luxia, and Amy Johnston.”

Add Rina Takeda and Taemi to the mix, and I’m in.

“I’m glad Jeeja was used better here than in Hard Target 2, but I wished she was in the movie more.”

My thoughts exactly! Here she felt like a real character, and not just ‘Fighter on bridge #3’. It was also a huge improvement over her generic performance in ‘Europe Raiders’ (your top movie of 2018 :-P).

Sometimes, I have ridiculously high expectations for a movie that when met is a really satisfying feeling, and sometimes I’m let down hard. Because I thought this movie was too good to be true, I prepared for disappointment while hoping for the best, and that made me enjoy the movie more.

I’m sure other people will say that the fights are too short or that there’s too much talking, but I liked the non action scenes. Tony Jaa showed a more humorous side with his impression of Iron Chef, and his references to his past films got a laugh out of me.

After having limited exchanges in TYG and a Thai commercial, I was happy to see Ron Smoorenberg have a decently lengthed fight with Jaa. Although I missed his super kicks and flexibility, it was nice stuff.

I was hoping Celina Jade was training hard for this movie so she could fight Jeeja Yanin, but was disappointed that it didn’t happen. Someone needs to make a women starring Triple Threat with Jeeja, Jiang Luxia, and Amy Johnston.

I’m glad Jeeja was used better here than in Hard Target 2, but I wished she was in the movie more. That explosion was really cool and surprising, but still.

The fights were mint quality, and it didn’t matter that they weren’t 10-20 minute showcases like in Drunken Master 2 or Fist of Legend. They came like bursts of fire, and showed great intricacies with their combination of Kung-fu, Muay Thai, Silat, Shotokan, Jujitsui, MMA, and close quarters combat.

Watching the movie with the Washington DC stunt coalition was also a big plus.

Shadow of a Tear, i love that movie man.
guess now I’m looking forward to this movie!!!

This sounds like a film that delivers on its potential on every level, martial arts action, gunplay, solid cast, chemistry between them etc

It was just rated yesterday here in Australia, looks like it’s skipping cinemas altogether and only coming out on DVD, no blu ray, which is really disappointing. Thankfully, there are other ways to get a blu ray copy, even if it ends up more expensive.