Braven

2018 "They threatened his world. He will destroy theirs."
5.9| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 02 February 2018 Released
Producted By: Pride of Gypsies
Country: Canada
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Official Website: https://highlandfilmgroup.com/movies/braven
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A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.

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SnoopyStyle Joe Braven (Jason Momoa) has his family and his logging company. His father Linden (Stephen Lang) suffers from dementia. After a bar fight, pressure builds to put his Pops into a home. He resists and takes Pops out to his cabin. Unbeknownst to him, one of his log truck drivers, Weston, is transporting drugs with Hallett. They crash on a snowy road and rush to hide the drug stash in Joe's shack. The incompetent pair's drug boss Kassen (Garret Dillahunt) leads the gang to recover his drugs the next day and it becomes a deadly cat and mouse game.The first half is a bit slow. It spends too much time with the family. Introducing Joe as a family man should not take this much screen time. His father's dementia feels like a side plot point. It could have come in handy to instigate the standoff but the ignition is more problematic than that. There are different ways for Joe to ignite the confrontation. Splitting the drug stash in half is one of the inferior options. He should probably try to give it all to Kassen hoping that he would leave on his own accord. I doubt Kassen could ever leave the cabin without securing all of his drugs. Joe's plan is an unlikely pipe dream. His father's dementia could have been used as a catalyst for everything. The daughter's jacket is too bright purple. A smart man would turn it inside out for better camouflage. Joe ends up using too many special weapons. It's a little too Home Alone. I do like Momoa, Dillahunt, and Lang. They fit the setting and the manhunt plot. The cabin is probably too nice and the production couldn't afford to do much damage. They would probably be better off with a rundown shack where the bad guys can shoot the hell up. They could burn it down for real rather than the obvious fake fires. The second half does have some cat and mouse fun. This is good enough.
paid in full It was okay. Understand it is not the movie of the year, but it has all you need to be a good film. Nothing extraordinary....but you can watch it from start to finish and feel good about yourself
nikola17 It's About Time Someone is giving Jason Momoa a action movie role not a trash paycheck, the movie is a worth for a look. movie is fast paced action movie it's very slaright forward film. it's Action packed, the film's true potential shows when Momoa goes full 'First Blood Rambo' mode on this criminals and starts taking them out one by one. it's a 1h 34minutes it's great to be fast paced. i love Jason Momoa i will look forward to see new Aquaman and i liked Conan the Barbarian remake, Bullet to the Head, Road to Paloma is ok, Justice League. then this movie is about time to have a action thriller fast paced because he hasn't made many action movies he should i thought his role in this was badass i loved it. i thought storyline is simple Joe Braven (Jason Momoa) is a logging company owner, as well as a husband and his wife Stephanie (Jill Wagner) known Reality Show Wipeout, Blade The Series TV show, Teen Wolf, she played with Jason Momoa show in Stargate Atlantis and father. When Joe's father, Linden (Stephen Lang) know for Avatar, Don't Breathe, Tombstone, Fire Down Below, villain in a remake Conan The Barbarian Linden gets in a bar fight, due to his dementia, Joe decides to take their whole family out to the family log cabin, deep in the woods he doesn't want to put his father in a Nursing Home,he is taking a break. Once there though, Joe and his family are greeted by ruthless drug dealers because one night Weston (Brendan Fletcher) known for Uwe Boll Rampage franchise, Freddy VS Jason he worked with Uwe Boll few movies and who works for Joe saw log but fake one with all drugs he puts it in Joe Cabin then that's when later all bad guys comes and Joe was like what the hell is with drugs ? one of bad guys, that are looking for drugs that have been stashed at the cabin. Knowing that they'll all be killed once the men get their drugs, Joe turns to his survival instincts to protect his family. villain Kassen (Garret Dillahunt) known for Burning Bright, Looper, Wheelman, No Country for old man, TV Trash Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Him as villain is nothing at all i thought he was lamest villain ever i thought they should brought a different villain not random guy who has No TALENT, villain is eh nothing special to say i only say Jason Momoa kicked a lot of ass he is very talented in this movie it shows his character has Motivation that he needs to product his land and his family from Bad guys attacking it i liked how he is very skilled person using bow and arrow using it all time he uses it like in all movie and axes very skilled i thought this movie there's better was of making it better is that R RATED more violence their were violence their and their but not much of it, it's PG-13 sadly but it doesn't block me to watch this movie but i thought i wanted to see more of Jason Momoa a lot more it's great to have him in movie as lead i don't understand why citrus would trash this movie i don't get it ? but don't believe them it's really of good movie it was fun ride, just because people say this and that doesn't mean you going to find it crap when you watch movie it's difference between Critics ignore them this movie is worth of your time a good slaright to DVD movie it's really it is give a look. funny thing is their are actors who worked with Jason Momoa before Stephen Lang in Remake Conan The Barbarian as villain now they have friendly role together and Jill Wager worked with him in Stargate Atlantis i mean sometimes if they hire different actors to be that role then it won't look good sometimes when actors played each another and worked each before in another movie it's better that way, i thought this movie did really good it's worth it for your time it's a fun ride...
ashiwalli I always thought that stupid decisions was a horror flick genre cliché.. never in my life wud i ave ever thought to encounter such sub par scripting in a action film... but then again as horrific as this movie was mayb it cud jus as easily find its place in the former. On seeing a movie headlined by the Game of Thrones Badboy; Jason Momoa, i thought "definite must see".. boy was i wrong. Though i wont negate the entertainment value of the movie i did not think all its other components were strung together intelligently enough to make a full movie.. The characters are moronic to say the very least.. every.. single.. one of them... everyone.. absolute imbeciles.. and its funny and sort of ironic how they had the main antagonist poised as such a tactical maestro but hiself was just as dumb given that this whole sequence of events (and movie at large) could ave been avoided with better judgement. I gave it a 5 for if anything i was captivated enough to want to see wat stupid move would they make next.