A detective (Sahajak Boonthanakit) investigates the death of
a hooker. Turns out she’s the daughter
of his friend (21 Jump Street’s Dustin Nguyen).
Since they used to be members of an elite paramilitary team back in the
day, they decide to use their old skill set to find the murderer.
Scott Adkins is front and center on the DVD box, Because of
that, you might be tempted to think that this is an action flick, but it’s
really a dull detective story. Heck, it’s
not even really a Scott Adkins movie.
(He plays the daughter’s boyfriend, who’s also involved in some shady
dealings.) It’s honestly more of a
Dustin Nguyen vehicle, which is something I’m not sure a lot of people were clamoring
for. Now you can see why they put Adkins
on the box.
Gary Daniels also shows up for a bit, but he isn’t given
much to do either. Even though he plays
a villainous pimp, he never fights anybody, let alone Adkins, which might have
been a reason to watch it. Since Daniels
and Adkins are mostly wasted, the bulk of the movie lies squarely on Nguyen’s
shoulders. Unfortunately, he’s just too
bland and uninteresting to carry the film.
I wouldn’t say I had zero tolerance for him or anything, but he isn’t
very good either.
Zero Tolerance was directed by Wych Kaosayananda. AKA:
Kaos. AKA: the director of Tekken 2. His over-edited action sequences are usually
headache-inducing, but there isn’t a whole lot of action here, so he is pretty
much kept in check. He does get a little
ADD during the opening title sequence and the strip club montages though. While the action beats are brief, there are
one or two memorable bits (like when Nguyen sticks an ejected clip in a guy’s
neck), but they are few and far between.
Note: The movie’s alternate
title makes you think it’s a sequel to 2 Guns, even though there’s nothing here
to remotely link the two films together.
AKA: 2 Guns: Zero Tolerance.
This film was OK but forgettable.
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