The action scenes were all solid, with Maggie having the physicality to sell even some of the more ridiculous elements on show. Here we get to see the film use every part of the city to its best. I liked the use of Da Nang as a setting, Vietnam is a country with a lot of cinematic potential, but people tend to stop at Hạ Long Bay. Indeed, all these character actors just pop up for a scene or two, which was kind of fun to watch. I liked The Protégé’s report between Maggie and Samuel, which kind of only lasts the first act, which is a bit of a disappointment, but it was good while it lasted. I did like some of the rapport throughout this film. The Protégé is available on Amazon Prime in 4K Ultra HD with HDR, from 31st December 2021. It's just a little too late for any of the parties involved - a little too late to give Keaton a shot at some Besson-style ageing action roles (despite his best efforts in this and American Assassin), a little too late for Campbell to mount a small-scale comeback (he's doing a Neeson flick next), and a little too late to prove Q has much beyond her overused, age-defying, looks to bring to the table, which is a real shame on all three counts. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) and The Protégé makes for a solid enough bit of home entertainment, when all is said and done.
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Keaton, who is arguably a decade too old for the part he's supposed to be playing, somehow makes it work through sheer charisma, and similarly somehow - unbelievably - convinces in the chemistry department, with him and Q sharing easily the best scenes in the entire movie and keeping you invested a whole lot longer than you arguably should have been.
On the other hand, Maggie Q makes for a surprisingly solid lead, gifted a little more room for brutality and vague character design than perhaps some of her other work, and really finding some quality moments opposite co-star Michael Keaton. The plot here is perfunctory, the action slightly better but still pretty 'streaming level', and there's little here to denote Campbell as the man behind it all.
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The narrative here is eye-rollingly tedious, arguably made worse by now mandatory flashbacks, and really affording very little different from the far more interesting Nikita series that Maggie Q embarked upon to surprisingly decent effect (indeed all incarnations of Nikita - small and Big Screen - have their merits, but for perhaps the clumsy US remake movie which somehow managed to waste even Harvey Keitel).
squarely in the 'streaming movie' department from a director who really should know better Perhaps Green Lantern really did kill his career, as, in the decade since, he's only done that Netflix movie and now this "Amazon" movie, The Protégé aka The Asset aka Made for Revenge aka The Hitman's Apprentice (but no longer called " Anna" as planned because of Besson's VERY similarly themed movie of that name), an utterly generic concept of a film gifted a spark of interest courtesy of some interesting casting and decent chemistry, but still squarely in the 'streaming movie' department from a director who really should know better. Oh and one of the best recent Jackie Chan movies, The Foreigner (on Netflix, FWIW).
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The man who brought Bond back with a bang not once but twice, is also the man behind the guilty pleasure that is Vertical Limit, the fun Zorro movies, Gibson's decent Edge of Darkness remake (and the original TV series) and. fine.Ĭampbell really should have a better filmography than he does. Two time best Bond director Martin Campbell, who gave us Casino Royale and Goldeneye, gifts the latest Nikita, Maggie Q, her first real shot at a decent solo lead action movie and it's.
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