Diablo, a 2025 film starring Scott Adkins. I wasn’t expecting to write a review on this one….UNTIL I smoked a bowl of my favorite Oregon Home Grown kicked in.
Let’s see how far I can get before I hit the pause button to write. Postscript: Only too me four hours, thirteen minutes and twenty-nine seconds to watch, and write a review about this film.
Colombian Drug Lord Vicente played by Lucio Velasco against the hero, Kris Chaney (Scott Adkins)…..And more.
But wait! Early on in this movie we are introduced to El Corvo, a psychopathic killer well played by Marco Zaror, a dude with a unique iron left hand that hides a wicked looking knife. This is going to be a good one.
It’s amazing isn’t it that you can hear their conversation clearly, through the front windshield.
“I’m your father. I’m your real father”. Big surprise!
The dude with the iron/metal hand (up close I can see that it’s maybe stainless steel), reminds me of my eighth grade teacher. She was as wicked looking. Only hairy-er than El Corvo.
Laughing out loud right now. “You ready to talk” Kris says….After the Colombian dude spits out about seven or eight teeth.
The Colombian dudes that re-kidnap Elisa (the Drug Lord Vincente’s daughter, well portrayed by Alanna De La Rossa), have no clue who she is, yet.
GREAT SCREENWRITING! Just when I thought that Kirk had come to rescue her, as he was shooting EVERYONE, we see that it’s not Kirk, it’s the lunatic, El Corvo! Makes one wonder at this point whose side is HE on.
He’s a “Marksman”. Everybody he points his .45 at, dies.
His hand-to-hand combat skills are on par with Kirk’s (the hero) plus that steel prosthesis must hurt upon impact.
Remember, he was contracted by the Drug Lord’s henchman…..I think for nefarious purposes. We’ll find out, I’m sure.
SCREENWRITING and CHOREOGRAPHY! Okay. Now’s the time, based on the shootout/mayhem, throat-slashing in the bar, FIVE UNKNOWN SOCK PUNCHES (WHOOPS, I thought I typed in PUPPETS) OUT OF FIVE!
YAY! Kirk shows up to have an awesomely choreographed fight!
WHY DIDN’T HE TAKE THE FRICK’N CAR?
Best “medical/stitch myself up” scene ever, as the maniac dude stitches up a very realistic four inch gash down to his skull bone in his head. He lives to fight Kris again, probably in the last five minutes of this great movie.
The carjacking scene is brutal. Ya gotta wonder. How is he ever going to find Kirk and Elisa? That’s a pretty large city. Impossible? We shall see.
WOW! That’s a beautifully restored pickup truck with an immaculately stained and shiny stakes.
Stake-Bed truck from the 2024 Barret-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale?
It’s a town in Columbia for Christo Sakes! At first, it sorta looked out of character for this movie, but I’ll give it a pass. Actually, they probably have a lot of really nice looking cars/trucks in Columbia.
Remind me to never try hailing a cab in the middle of the night in Columbia, hahaha!
FRICK! It wasn’t a yellow cab that almost ran over Kirk! It was our beloved psycho, El Corvo in the car he highjacked. How in the heck did he just happen to turn down that street and find Elisa? She’s wearing different clothes! How in the world does he know it’s Elisa?
El Corvo was such an excellent marksman/sharpshooter in the bar scene. In the gunfight scene at or around twenty-seven minutes and four seconds left in the movie, his aim turned to s%it. WHY THE FRICK DIDN’T HE BLOW KIRK’S BRAINS OUT WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE?
By the growth of Kirk’s facial hair, I would guess that he’s been balancing himself on the tire for at least seven or eight hours.
Really? Can’t hit the side of a barn now with that .45, as he’s chasing Kirk? Hahaha! Oh well, it’s still a fun watch/movie for me.
I found the perfect image for my review. TO SAW, OR NOT TO SAW, that is the question (not Shakespeare, but close).
I really enjoyed watching and writing about this movie. I loved the scenery, the directing, the acting, the cinematography, the Set Design, the dialogue, and everything else that contributed to the making of this film.
Favorite line was one word. When Kirk discovered that knife hiding under that stainless steel hand….”Shit”.
FRICK! She’s trying to cut off her own hand now!
Just when the screenwriter wants you to believe that Kirk dies in the end, which would have been realistically bittersweet and acceptable, HE SURVIVED! Bravo for the wonderful and heartfelt ending.
OH FRICK! Final second of the movie, a shot from above looking down on what was supposed to be, TWO BODIES, the revengeful psychopath El Corvo, and Vincente. Guess whose body is missing. Oh oh, setting up for a sequel?
I can’t think of one reason not to recommend this film. Five Unknown Sock Puppets out of five. Watch it on Amazon Prime (requires membership).
Here’s the IMDb link for the full cast and crew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27757546/
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