K.O. – Movie Review
First Reaction – K.O. is a brutal, relentless action movie.
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Director: Antoine Blossier
Writer: Louis Aubert, Guillaume Lemans, Clement Marchand (Screenplay)
Cast
- Ciryl Gane (Den of Thieves Pantera)
- Alice Belaidi (An Ordinary Case)
- Foued Nabba (Wingwomen)
- Maleaume Paquin (Remi, Nobody’s Boy)
Plot: After accidentally killing his rival in an MMA bout, a man has the chance to make it up to the widow by finding her son.
Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: K.O. starts when MMA fighter Bastien (Gane) kills his opponent in the ring. It leaves him broken and hated by the family of his opponent. However, the son, Leo (Paquin), gets into trouble with a ruthless mobster, forcing his mother to ask Bastien to save her son.
Bastien travels to Marseille to investigate, working with determined cop Kenza (Belaidi). However, the numbers a great, the turf war is taking over, and they upset the wrong people. The pair stops at nothing to bring down the ruthless gang before it is too late.
Verdict on K.O.
Recap
The movie follows an MMA fighter who kills his opponent. He goes to a dark place and is hated by the family of the opponent. However, when the son gets into trouble, the fighter is set to save him and help him escape the criminal life he has been drawn to.
Best Parts
The movie gives us a complex connection between the MMA fighter and the son of his opponent. It shows that horrors can happen in the ring, and people struggle with the consequences. Alongside this, we get solid action that shows the brutality of the gangsters involved. It has a nice trimmed runtime, which keeps the story flowing nicely.
Worst Parts
It creates a bad mentality that reporting a serious crime is considered snitching, rather than stopping other innocent victims from getting hurt.
Final Thoughts –K.O. is an entertaining, brutal action movie.
