One may look at it as a commentary on vanity, or hollow male pride, but somewhere through the film, I made peace with the fact that it’s all about the presentation rather than about telling an affecting story. It wants to show how a lifestyle of fist-led paybacks is a break-less cycle, but that’s about it. It’s okay to be an expression about the futility of it all, but the sequences still need to have utility in a larger story. It’s a fulfilling watch for the scale and energy achieved by its craft, but I wish there were something more to it. Read full review here…