Movielogr

Message from the King (2017)

Directed by Fabrice Du Welz

Crime | Action | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

On a relentless quest to avenge his sister’s murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Chadwick Boseman | Luke Evans | Alfred Molina | Teresa Palmer | Natalie Martinez | Chris Mulkey | Drew Powell | Jonno Roberts | Dale Dickey | Jake Weary | James Jordan | Tom Felton | Arthur Darbinyan | Lucan Melkonian | Ava Kolker | Wade Williams | Tom Wright | Diego Josef | Roman Mitichyan | Max Daniels | Amin El Gamal | Anna Diop | Joe Seo | Alexia Dox | Hae Jung Chae | Sibongile Mlambo | Andrew Kirsanov | Jonny Coyne | Jennifer Bolton Lee | Cheryl Hawker | Lynn Adrianna | Paul Hansen Kim | Rachel Pringle | Michael Patrick McGill | Bella Toscano | Boris Arsoyev | Lola Herry | Andile Nebulane | Khristian Lupo

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/29/2020TVStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Received the incredibly tragic news that Chadwick Boseman passed away last night. Was in the middle of the TR TV watch party when the news broke and it gutted all of us. Was up all night reading tweets and tributes to this man, a few that had me in tears. What a giant of a human and terrible loss not only for entertainment but for humanity.

To celebrate his life I decided to spin up one of his films that I hadn’t seen (tbh watching Black Panther probably would’ve broke me). That was a good call. This is a solid “I must avenge my sister” flick entangled in the seedy underworld of corrupt movie moguls and politicians in and around the drug and prostitution scene. Definitely has that grimy feel to it all even with this group of solid actors. Wasn’t expecting to see Teresa Palmer pop up but that was cool. Nothing here that’s reinventing this particular wheel but it’s a solid action thriller that Boseman elevates.

Kinda blown away that this was directed by Fabrice Du Welz. Did not realize that he got lured away from doing his unique genre films for a bigger budget bigger cast project.

RIP Chadwick Boseman
November 29, 1976 - August 28, 2020

Comments

No comments yet. Log in and be the first!