Film Review – Savage Dog

Every now and then, a Scott Adkins actioner will come up for review. The next generation Jean-Claude Van Damme (starring in the recent “Hard Target 2” isn’t going to help quiet this comparison), Adkins likes to work, maintaining a steady stream of DTV titles that emphasize his martial arts training and cinematic stance, keeping up an action hero tradition that’s largely ignored these days for grungier, morally dubious tales of criminality. Looking to stretch a bit, moving away from contemporary headbangers, Adkins takes the title role in “Savage Dog,” which is actually a period piece, though one that’s not exactly interested in manners and political upheaval. It’s another bruiser from Adkins, who does what he can with a movie that’s not particularly attentive to detail or drama.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com