Film Review – Braven

Last November, Jason Momoa portrayed Aquaman in “Justice League,” giving him an opportunity to play a comic book hero with unusual superpowers, living in a strange underwater environment. The actor provided physical and personality bigness that typically comes with this style of entertainment. “Braven” offers Momoa in blue collar mode, playing a character who’s scraping a living together in the wilds of Canada, dealing with very real issues of parental care and management. And yet, there’s interest in giving the actor superpowers once again. “Braven” is a bizarre film, striving to be a sensitive study of a man challenged by responsibility, but it also wants to be an action extravaganza with Momoa easily killing baddies and diving through glass windows. It’s engaging at times, giving the lead a chance to play a normal guy for a change, but the picture is caught between two tonal extremes, lacking a master plan to mix drama and woodsy mayhem.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com