I try to branch out and not just stick to the same genres but I don't know that I'll ever be any kind of expert on films from outside the U.S. (or film in general, really). Still, this is my first Vietnamese action film. Yay!Phoenix (Veronica Ngo) is an enforcer for a gangster named Black Dragon (Hoang Phuc Nguyen). She agrees to pull One Last Job in order to be free of him and get her daughter back. She puts together a team, including Tiger (Johnny Tri Nguyen) and Snake (Lam Minh Tang), both men with secrets of their own, to track down and steal a laptop from a group of French mercenaries but things never go according to plan.
The action is appropriately gritty with excellent martial arts choreography. Veronica Ngo is definitely someone to look for in the credits as an up-and-coming star. Johnny Nguyen is also seriously underrated but from his IMDb credits, looks like he is a go-to for a lot of stunt crews. It is pretty low-budget by Hollywood standards but I personally appreciate the focus on hand-to-hand and not shoot-em-up. Writing is a little predictable but nowhere near the worst I've ever seen. It's currently streaming on Tubi with ads.
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