Film Review – Hidden Strike

One would think an action movie starring John Cena and Jackie Chan would be an easy sell for studios, but something happened to “Hidden Strike” on its way to a small, unpublicized release. The feature was shot in 2018, when the world was a hugely different place, but the screenplay by Arash Amel (“Grace of Monaco,” “A Private War”) tries to make a mid-‘90s actioner with the material, which offers only the simplest of characterizations and the basics in heroes and villains. Director Scott Waugh (“Act of Valor,” “Need for Speed”) is also an uninspired choice, tasked with making a noisy blockbuster for a Chinese audience, using as much CGI assistance as possible. “Hidden Strike” isn’t fun or funny, it’s more of a sensorial assault, watching Chan and Cena attempt to be charming when they have terrible writing to manage and video game visuals to support. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com