Film Review – Boon

“Boon” is a sequel. There’s no mention of this on the marketing materials, and I wasn’t made aware of it before I sat down to watch it. However, there was previous movie, “Red Stone,” which was released last year and established the world of Boon and his history of violence. Director Derek Presley hopes to turn his initial idea into a franchise for star Neal McDonough, who co-writes the follow-up, which brings the lead character to a new town, where he encounters a fresh problem he initially wants nothing to do with. “Boon” teases major conflicts and aggressive actions, but Presley can’t knock the airlessness out of the feature, which doesn’t have much enthusiasm for the one-man-army subgenre. The writers are looking to westerns as their influence, but when the budget is this low and the star power this minimal, it’s best to go crazy with action, which this picture tries to avoid until the final act. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com