6 Bullets is basically a B-rate, straight-to-DVD version of Taken with Liam Neeson, a movie that didn’t have a unique premise, but was well-made and enjoyable. My expectations from a B movie are different than the ones I have for A movies, which is what made this movie so hard to review.

If I reviewed it from the point of view of my A movie expectations, I would give it a horrible review. The movie tries to approach the story of two parents trying to recover their kidnapped 14-year-old daughter with a very serious tone, much like the movie Taken. They clearly put a bit of money into making the movie, with decent enough sets and pyrotechnics, beyond what I would expect for a B movie. Unfortunately, the writing is trite, the pacing of the story slow, and the acting wooden. (more…)

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