Rent Boss Level (2020)

Fun action between screeds of dialogue - Boss Level review by Alphaville

A promising opening has Frank Grillo reliving the same day Groundhog Day-style, fighting a motley crew of baddies who always kill him. But then we’re subjected to stolid scenes of dialogue to fill out the 90min run-time. Grizzled baddie Mel Gibson is especially wearing as he delivers never-ending speeches in a monotonic drone.

The plot picks up pace again as our hero seeks to extricate himself from his daily destiny. The action is played with a humorous slant that drains it of drama, but there are enough moments to make the film a worthwhile time-passer.

Avoid - Boss Level review by FC

I am a great fun of all the major actors in the movie. But this particular one was a Disaster. I found the movie boring and with poor plot

B Movie Action Film - Boss Level review by GI

The time loop narrative has almost become a sub genre in its own right stretching back to Groundhog Day (1993) and including Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and even the Happy Death Day films (2017 & 19). This one is an all out actioner with plenty of bloody gore and a video game vibe to it. It's certainly a very macho B movie and Frank Grillo as the lead handles the fights with aplomb but he lacks the charisma of a leading man. Here he plays Roy, an ex special forces soldier, who wakes every morning to the same day and where from the get go has a whole plethora of people trying to kill him. It all eventually points to some weird time shifting gizmo his ex wife (Naomi Watts) is building for the big bad guy played by Mel Gibson. As with most of these type of stories Roy spends the runtime reliving the day getting further and further on as he tries to work out why he is trapped. There's plenty of John Wick style fights and shooting and swordplay too. Michelle Yeoh has a cameo and Watts and Annabelle Wallis are woefully underused. In many ways this is a fairly typical action film from director Joe Carnahan but it's nowhere near some as good as some of his earlier films such as Narc (2002). It passes the time but it's occasionally cheesy, dips into humour then tries to be serious and the ending is naff.