Film Review – Dead Reckoning

How long ago was “Dead Reckoning” shot? Production was in full swing when Barack Obama was the U.S. President, that’s how old the picture is. And there’s a good reason for its substantial delay, as there’s little use for a half-speed thriller with a teen romance angle in the marketplace, forcing the producers to VOD-ize the title (the film was previously called “Altar Rock”) and emphasize the participation of B-movie action star Scott Adkins, who’s not in the feature for very long. Pandemic release scrambling has brought “Dead Reckoning” to audiences, and they don’t deserve such punishment, with the feeble, personality-free endeavor doing next to nothing with elements of terrorism and personal loss, finding director Andrzej Bartkowiak asleep at the wheel while the effort drags from one scene to the next. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com