Sinners and Saints (2010)

The film is set in New Orleans sometime after Hurricane Katrina with violence still running rampant in the underbelly of the city. The style and format reminds you of the first Lethal Weapon as Johnny Strong's character (Sean) is a loose cannon with a death wish. His child has died and his wife has left him so he goes it alone in the streets taking down criminals. A tough, rugged cop with his own flare and own rules, Sean gets wrapped up in an old friends (Sean Patrick Flannery) Colin turbulent trouble. The high body count and great gun fight sequences bring the flare of action to the film. With a supporting cast with the likes of Costas Mandylor, Tom Berenger and Bas Rutten to the mix it does justice to the film. It is a good film, not superb acting, editing a little transparent but good story. If you like action, a good plot and character driven films this will do fine. A 6 out of 10

An actor with the unlikely name of Johnny Strong; I am not kidding, is Detective Sean Riley and his kid has died, the marriage is falling apart, the boss is close to suspending the high flying cop and now a series of unsolved murders has New Orleans in its grip. How is that for an opening sentence.Riley is o.k. as the embattled defender of all that is good in the world but the script is so filled with clichés and cardboard characters screaming at each other that it is just another seen it all before cop movie.Car chases, fires, shootings, gang wars and every typical action scene is pulled out with great frequency, so if a mind numbing entertainment is your bag, this may for you. Otherwise rent one of the old Lethal Weapons flicks.

My favorite action movie until I watched Sinners and Saints was the BOONDOCK SAINTS that is the reason I bought Sinners and Saints- Sean Patrick Flannery. This movie was awesome from the beginning. I have watched this movie numerous times and it doesn't get old...Johnny Strong is an extremely Sexy Action Star. This movie was very well done and exciting.. Hoping there is going to be a lot more Action movies starring Johnny Strong with his looks and his martial arts training is a win win situation..Under the direction of Willaim Kaufmann it was superbly done. His other movie The HIT LIST starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Cole Hauser was pretty cool too...SINNERS AND SAINTS-the sequel is on my wish list..If you like weapons and martial arts you will like this movie...MY NEW FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE....

I have seen my share of action movies and believe it or not, after checking out the movie's score here, I went out of my way to write my very first review on IMDb.I've just finished watching "Sinners & Saints" and after doing a quick search for the song playing when the credits were rolling (great song by the way, if anyone is interested look for "Johnny Strong - Let You Go"), I came to IMDb where I usually check and read about movies, and I must say I'm a bit disappointed with the rating this movie had.To start off, this is no original movie, so don't expect to have your mind blown out of the way and don't expect to see any breath taking plot twists. Though this movie doesn't add anything especially new to the recipe it does a very good job in setting itself apart from other action movies.I have rarely found myself so captivated by a shoot-out movie. It made me lose track of reality and I found myself cheering for the main character and hating the "villains", which although it might seem like a simple enough premise, it is something that very few of the movies I've seen lately managed to accomplish.I don't want to spoil anything, nor do I want to set any special expectations, so I will refrain myself from saying anything about the action scenes or character development.I have really enjoyed watching "Sinners & Saints". It said something meaningful to me, and I think That is the best thing a movie can accomplish.