Films released straight to video or on demand are usually disappointing, tending toward being awful or simply uninspired. However, occasionally something unexpected emerges. Final Score managed to be a genuinely fun and entertaining film, despite its flaws. Dave Bautista portrays Michael Knox, a former soldier who visits his “brother’s” widow, Danni (LARA PEAKE), and daughter. Danni's father died during a mission led by Knox, and he has come to take her to a football (soccer) match. Simultaneously, Arkady Belav (RAY STEVENSON) and his group of terrorists infiltrate the stadium for the game. Belav discovers that his brother, Dimitri (PIERCE BROSNAN), had staged his death seventeen years earlier to prevent further violence during a revolution in the Russian state of Sakovya seeking independence. Belav believes that if the public sees Dimitri alive—even after extensive plastic surgery to resemble Pierce Brosnan—the uprising will be reignited. Arkady and his team have disabled cell phone signals within the stadium and also placed C4 explosives on columns. Once Knox becomes aware of what is happening, he acts quickly to protect Danni before confronting Arkady, with assistance from stadium employee Faisal (AMIT SHAH), who knows the layout of the building. Intense violence follows. I have to say, I really enjoyed Final Score. It definitely had some silly moments, most notably Knox riding a motorcycle onto a large fabric roof and some dialogue that felt out of place, one line in particular reminded me of the “swing high” scene from Signs. Nevertheless, Dave Bautista has demonstrated he possesses enough charisma to carry a film, while Ray Stevenson delivers an effective villainous performance, even if his character’s reasons aren't entirely clear. And Pierce Brosnan receives the notable "and" credit, indicating his limited screen time and dialogue, yet he seems to have given it his all despite this constraint. While I appreciated Stevenson’s work, I do wish Brosnan had played the villain instead. Final Score was directed by Scott Mann, who also directed the lackluster film Heist from 2015 (which also featured Bautista), but here the action sequences were well-executed and even during the ridiculous parts, there was a sense of suspense. The script was written by “The Lynch Brothers” (David and Keith Lynch; both making their feature debuts) and Jonathan Frank, who wrote Mara for Saban Films. Ultimately, this isn’t an exceptional action-thriller and does borrow elements from Die Hard, but I was pleasantly surprised considering the usual low quality of direct-to-video releases, which are frequently terrible. This one, however, was quite good.

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