XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

maggiewei7 Just finished the movie, and wanted to jump straight on here to leave a review. Normally I don't bother but this was excellent. Excellent pacing, excellent action and fight scenes, excellent acting. The storyline, while not terrible original, is executed tremendously well and we were kept on the edge of our seats. Highly recommended if you enjoy movies like Taken, John Wick etc.

ikeybabe This was an action-packed, thrill ride of a film. It had some unexpected twists - especially at the end - and some great acting by Boseman. He makes the movie, no doubt! The plot is pretty simple - find his missing sister. And when that comes to a heart-stopping conclusion, find those responsible for what happened to her. And Boseman's character - while not super human - is super skilled. The film shows the seriously gritty and unseemly side to Hollywood. Overall, a really good film and another fine performance by Boseman.

mitchikus Your get used to my honesty. Don't bother there's much better out there of this type of revenge film.Acting is very poor nobody seems to know what there point is and lastly if your making a film with a title as bold as this one has, at least provide some decent fight scenes this is so poor it did surprise me.

travishouze When it comes to films with black leads, I try to never let representation cloud my judgement and always hope they have the ideal writing and direction working for the leads in their favor. I've been excited to see Chadwick Boseman raise from the TV show Lincoln Heights to playing T'Challa as Black Panther. After learning about this film Message from the King, I thought this film would at least be a good prelude to the few months waiting for Black Panther, however, I left severely underwhelmed that the Message brings.Chadwick Boseman plays Jacob King, a man traveling back from South Africa to search for his sister Bianca had gone missing and goes on a chase through those she knew personally for answers of her whereabouts and even resulting in violent acts in the process. Chadwick himself does fine in the role, as most of the time he is spent stoic and a man of few words. Luke Evans makes a surprise role connected to the antagonists, and while his cool persona helps the role, his character gets really annoying fast as a dentist where literally no character doesn't talk about their teeth while their around him. "You can really learn about a man when you see his teeth." That is a real line. In a movie that's supposed to be a action thriller.Another big issue is the pacing of this movie. Even at a 103 minute runtime, it takes entirely too long for any engaging action to occur (there's only 2 action scenes in the whole movie), and the plot and writing isn't engaging enough to warrant it's slow burn storytelling. But the film really flies off the rails in the third act with the main antagonist and you find out about his shady business involving someone young, it felt disgusting and really out of place for what the films main motivation.Message from the King was one I had hope for, but I found out halfway, this wouldn't leave a good impact. The direction and writing is choppy, despite some decent performances from Chadwick and Luke. I just feel King deserved better and I'm hoping I'm right in February.