Lexi Alexander hasn’t made a movie in quite some time, and when she did, the director created highly divisive pictures that went directly to cult appreciation (including “Green Street Hooligans” and 2008’s “Punisher: War Zone”). She returns to feature-length filmmaking in “Absolute Dominion,” restoring her button-pushing ways with a tale about a post-apocalyptic fight tournament meant to establish the one true religion to reign supreme over Earth. It’s a Big Idea crammed into low-budget moviemaking, but the tale remains provocative, following the brawn of atheism as it collides with spirituality, or perhaps complete madness. “Absolute Dominion” bites off more than it can chew when it comes to visuals and ideas, but there’s an interesting journey to enlightenment at the core of the endeavor, and its ambition, while faulty, is something to see. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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