Film Review – Savage Salvation

Producer Randall Emmett (with partner George Furla) has been working steadily for years to build a filmography of forgettable VOD/streaming entertainment (with titles such as “Out of Death,” “Survive the Game,” and “Force of Nature”), finding ways to entice established actors to participate in bottom shelf entertainment, including multiple Bruce Willis-starring endeavors. He’s dipped his toe in direction, previously helming 2021’s “Midnight in the Switchgrass” (co-starring Willis), and he returns with “Savage Salvation,” which turns to Robert De Niro to help class up the joint, hiring the legendary thespian to deliver some gravitas in a feature that’s often without dramatic shape or momentum. The screenplay (by Adam Taylor Barker and Chris Sivertson) tries to make a statement about the power of God and the death of America, but such ambition is muted by Emmett, who fails to manage subplots, summon suspense, and rethink a last act that turns a dull movie into a terrible one. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com