Film Review – Agent Recon

Chuck Norris hasn’t appeared in a film since 2012, where he dropped in for a cameo in “The Expendables 2.” A once mighty force in screen action, Norris has aged out of the game, making his casting in “Agent Recon” a curiosity, with his image the primary focus of marketing efforts, promising a starring role. Alas, that’s not the case here, with Norris participating in two scenes for writer/director/actor Derek Ting, who tries to make the most of what appears to be a few hours of Norris’s time on-set. “Agent Recon” could use more of the B-movie hero, but this is Ting’s thing, and the picture is actually the second sequel to 2017’s “Agent,” with the helmer creating a sci-fi-action franchise to celebrate his own screen presence, only lacking any sort of budget to craft an epic. Perhaps there are fans of “Agent” and its follow-up, 2021’s “Agent Revelation,” but that’s up for debate. The reality here is how Norris-less the feature is, and admirers of the actor should take that into consideration before enduring this painfully clumsy endeavor. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com