ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN'S HOLIDAY (B-) Scott Adkins directed and co-wrote this guilty pleasure actioner that is essentially one of those generic hitman action films that Jason Statham and Liam Neeson make a living on. Adkins stars as the titular accident man who excels at making his assassinations look like accidents. He's recently settled in Malta, gained a partner in the game named Fred, and unfortunately gets looped into helping protect the spoiled son of a major crime ring from his mentor (Ray Stevenson) and a cadre of big named assassins looking for the payday. The movie plays out a bit like Hitman's Bodyguard with a desire to have a kind of Guy Ritchie/Quentin Tarantino like gangster patter. The structure of the film allows for several fight sequences in unique settings against unique assassin opponents. On this element, the film really exceeds in providing several high quality fights of varying styles. My personal favorite is a multi-stage fight against a female special forces type assassin that features a strong chemistry between her and Adkins. This is a classic low budget actioner that delivers on the action and does well enough in all the other categories to make it a classic guilty pleasure.
Review of Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
