This movie is just so intense that you are locked in and glued the entire time. The fight scenes mixed with deep drama to the plot of the story told just thrashes your mind around. You feel the emotions of what is happening and that the character could almost punch straight through concrete or fight 10 dudes at the same time without ever losing no matter how bloody he got. None of your traditional mega-era movie fight scenes compare to this. No martial arts movie or anything with battle told could compete to this. Some of this is in part of the fact that Scott Adkins who plays the lead role is a real deal workout enthusiast as well as a martial arts connoisseur. Also he does all of his own stunts and we remember how popular Jackie Chan was for not only doing that but proving how realer it produces action scenes. The difference is that this on is not a typical heroic action film, this is a dark gritty reality told without any reduction in evil visuals. This story feels like you are scared of the good guy because he is really the guy forced to be the bad guy. Yet you are rooting for him like it’s your own battle. Adkins fighting scenes are flawless but so are his competitors. When the fight scene happens you think of MMA and you imagine two mutherfuckers pounding the shit out of each other but eventually the time is always up or next round etc. This movie makes you think what if that buzzer never existed. What if no ref or ambulance would ever care. What happens when two individuals beat on each other so hard they are actually using crushed knuckles against fractured broken bones. Yet the two contenders would fight through stab wounds and visually broken limbs. That would be a sight to see but I think it’s better fictional so we don’t turn into a race of weirdos paying to see people kill people. However though some of the fight scenes are beautifully theatrical keep in mind one of the directors used real facts of certain crime that happens in there country. So even though not a true story its based off real facts/events to really help you engage in the story. There are scenes where you see how vicious the character can be yet live by certain principals. Even though you feel struggle and see the road he went on, you can see some human traits remain in his character. Then quickly after you see something seemingly calm he snaps and rages while a superb soundtrack music plays in the background, almost opera metal like..and that adds to the violence. You see that Adkins not only looks menacing you see how much damage he can take without stopping. Even though I describe to you him crushes anything in his path you see every injury he gets as he pushes through the pain. No matter what part of his own body he destroys you just see his chrome teeth opened up and his eyes looking like pure revenge. Oh and he has chrome teeth because someone smashed all of his teeth out curb stomp style and the dentist put chrome ones in to be a dick to him. However it made him look even more vicious like a human battle tank in tough armor never stopping for fuel or resources just ready to fight. Great start middle and ending which is what makes any movie a classic.