Arnold Schwarzenegger is celebrating his 75th (!) birthday today. And as a film lover you can only heartily congratulate, because with films like “Conan the Barbarian”, “Predator” or “Terminator” the Austrian action hero has delivered several milestones that have written film history and are still on today be celebrated around the world.
But not every film with Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoys great popularity. So flies for example “Vendetta – All he had left was revenge” on today’s July 30 at 10:20 p.m. on Tele 5 completely under the radar. Of course, this also has to do with the fact that the revenge drama did not receive a theatrical release. But even if the film is largely unknown, you are welcome to take a look here today.
By the way: If you already have other plans tonight and don’t have time for the TV broadcast of “Vendetta”Having it isn’t that bad. The revenge drama with Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently also available as a subscription to Amazon Prime Video at no extra charge.
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A tragic event brings the lives of two strangers together: Roman’s (Schwarzenegger) wife and pregnant daughter die in a plane crash. This tragedy, with no survivors, occurred during Air Traffic Controller Jake’s (Scoot McNairy) shift.
A terrible mistake led to the disaster that leaves Roman and Jake equally traumatized. Both then try to somehow come to terms with the events, but the resulting spiral of guilt and revenge pulls the men more and more into a deep abyss…
A masterpiece should beVendetta” not expecting. This is already shown by the DashFUN review, which gave the film a solid 3 out of 5 possible stars. The revenge drama is still worth seeing, as our author Stephan Petersen emphasizes in his conclusion: “Arnold Schwarzenegger and Scoot McNairy show unobtrusively moving performances in this new cinematic reappraisal of the Überlingen disaster.”
The Überlingen disaster is a terrible incident from 2002. Here, a passenger plane and a cargo plane collided over the German city of Überlingen – 71 people were killed. The majority of the passengers on board were children and young people who were on their way to Barcelona as part of a school program.
Unlike in most films with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Styrian oak in “Vendetta“ Not solving conflicts with pure muscle power, but rather shows an impressively nuanced performance as an actor. In this regard, the criticism states: “Arnold Schwarzenegger is very strong as a novel completely caught up in his grief and despair.” This means that the viewers are also offered a different side of the former Mr. Universum.
In addition, you shouldn’t expect high tension here, but rather a classic drama, which is told carefully and at a calm pace by director Elliot Lester (“Blitz”). Stephen Petersen writes: “The film becomes a real marathon of suffering – it is moving, but also a bit exhausting in the long run.”
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