Director: Daniel Benmayor
Cast: Teo García , Óscar Jaenada , Sergio Peris-Mencheta , Óscar Casas , Alberto Jo Lee , Andrea Duro , Luis Zahera , Nao Albet , Andrés Herrera , Cesar Bandera , Jose Álvarez-Boze
Plot: Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman along with his sister and a troubled teen sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother his lethal stepbrother.
My Movie Review: The movie is upscale to its genre always feel as a new Netflix action thriller that takes place in the Spanish underworld that breath freshness for its cut-throat slick turn up:) Xtreme in this fast-paced and action-packed thriller, Daniel Benmayor of "Tracers" directs this action thriller set in his hometown of Barcelona Spanish action extravaganza x martial arts film! To me a movie like Xtreme is an unapologetic action thriller if you view it as such, it's solid entertainment, just don't expect the story to meet your bias standards or flourish on your terms! Love the impact it brings you as a viewer have to be alert cause in an instant someone will get shot in the head as in a glimpse everything can change in a precise moment caught off guard:) We occasionally need those minimalist actioners that focus more on the thrills than the plot! Xtreme is one such but that said, it may overlook as shallow because the story isn't quite strong as the action but what it has a basic formula to success to satisfy our adrenaline needs! Like most cliche endings of all revenge action films, the protagonist killed the antagonist! Maximo and Maria pierced Lucero's heart and head, the parts Lucero often gambled with other people, before killing them, thus a poetic justice, of sorts immensely gratifying John Wick-style!
Critic Reviews: "Xtreme offers a youthful, Spanish spin on a familiar premise." Amplifies the representative elements with style, dark humor, and murderous pizzazz. Xtreme (Netflix) crests on a wave of henchman body counts, but as a revenge thriller it also elicits strong work from its single minded cast. The story and dialogue is admittedly weak but Xtreme is a typical popcorn munching summer flick. It may not be overly memorable but it is an xtremely fun watch while it lasts. Revenge is a dish best served cold. But when it comes to the big screen, the production line is red hot with new thrillers to recycle this age-old idea. This is a bombastically violent but thoroughly enjoyable revenge fantasy action movie. Maximo, the made-man with a mean streak played by stunt-man/actor Teo García a brutally efficient killer. The movie he conceived and others built around this character is a standard-issue mixed martial arts/mob revenge tale...far less efficient. Xtreme is under no illusion over what sort of film it is though. It’s an unashamedly simple, well-shot action flick that leans in hard on the action and fighting but does at the expense of an original story. Xtreme delivers that in (pun intended) extreme doses!!
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