Here we are, two years after the release of John Wick Chapter 3, looking for something similar to fill the emptiness when we worried waiting for the fourth installment. Xtremo (English: Xtreme), a new Spanish film on Netflix, for me, looks like the perfect candidate.
Although it did not bring the same visual panache level and sophistication as John Wick’s film, it came very close in terms of intensity. Xtreme is, like the films, slim, mean, and very satisfying actions that provide the required catharsis doses and bloodshed which is usually expected from thrillers revenge.
The lack of large plots or rich world buildings can sometimes be a good thing.
We occasionally need minimalist Actioners who focus more on sensation rather than plots. Xtreme is one of them. But it said he had a basic storyline and a pleasant character to be built.
We have seen gangster’s fathers with stupid and stupid sons who put the whole family in danger in other films before.
The Xtreme Central Conflict was built around one Manja son, Lucero (Oscar Jaenada), and his father’s favorite, Maximo (Teo Garcia). The latter is Hitman Don, who does not always agree with Lucero’s decision. After serious action that Maximo does not forgive, both instantly change the enemy.
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The opening moment is an extreme version of the son’s drama in Akira Kurosawa’s Ran. (Xtreme even pays respect for the samurai genre in the third act). Maximo and his sister (Andre Duro) survived; His son is not.
Two years later, we found Maximo in his garage, sharpening his combat skills. We have received a slight view of Maximo’s ability in the opening section, so, after what Lucero did to him, someone was immediately excited about the prospect of seeing Maximo.
He seemed unbeaten to bring in a disaster in Lucero and his gang.
When Maximo finally did it, through several action scenes (the sequence of bathroom fighting equivalent to some of the best we have ever seen from Hollywood) where he made use of every tool he had, it made me say the line from Bong Joon –o meme: for me, it’s a cinema.
Meanwhile, he found an emotional relationship with a teenager, Leo (Oscar Casas, a younger brother of guest actor Mario Casas), who also passed hell because of Lucero.
Xtreme took me back to those days when we were children in their 90s consuming Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, or Chuck Norris (mostly laughs). Funny enough, Leo uses a few of these names to overcome Maximo.
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At one point, a bad man described Maximo as a cross between John Wayne and Bruce Lee. Interestingly, I found Lucero’s right man, played by Rambo: Baddie Baddie last Sergio PERIS-MENDETA, more threatening. Lucero, on the other hand, is a typical villain for entertaining regardless.
As a story hero, Teo Garcia is very suitable.
He is not one of the actors who get a lot, even when experiencing severe trauma. In that case, I found him more like Van Damme. But I didn’t complain.
A stunning and insignificant approach to work for me. Leo will do most of the emotional weight lifting, enough for this kind of film. Xtreme is, for me, the perfect antidote for blues induced pandemic. I’ve seen it twice, and I’m sure I’ll see it again.
Xtreme took me back to those days when we were children in their 90s consuming Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, or Chuck Norris (mostly laughs).
Funny enough, Leo uses a few of these names to overcome Maximo. At one point, a bad man described Maximo as a cross between John Wayne and Bruce Lee.
Interestingly, I found Lucero’s right man, played by Rambo: Baddie Baddie last Sergio PERIS-MENDETA, more threatening. Lucero, on the other hand, is a typical villain for entertaining regardless.
As a story hero, Teo Garcia is very suitable. He is not one of the actors who get a lot, even when experiencing severe trauma. In that case, I found him more like Van Damme. But I didn’t complain.
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A stunning and insignificant approach to work for me. Leo will do most of the emotional weight lifting, enough for this kind of film. Xtreme is, for me, the perfect antidote for blues induced pandemic. I’ve seen it twice, and I’m sure I’ll see it again.